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Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy The story of the Amish West Nickel Mines School shooting on October 2, 2006. A man know to this community held hostage and shot 8 of the 10 girls before committing suicide. Five of those girls died. In the light of this horrific tragedy the actions of the Amish community surprised the world. One word–forgiveness. Their response was starling to the media and the public. Within two days ‘forgiveness’ became the media’s primary theme. “It’s…
The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness by Simon Wiesenthal
Forgiveness: Possibilities and Limits The Sunflower, it inspires by the many responses to the question: “You are a prisoner in a concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do?” It is a thought and soul provoking work. Truly a wonderful book , first recommended by a friend years ago. The first part of the book is Wiesenthal’s own story and experience. Equally important is the discussion of forgiveness that follows. Theologians and philosophers address this…
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd
Motherless Child Seeks Answers The Secret Life of Bees is set in the segregated South in 1964 and revolves around Lilly, a young ,white, motherless teenager. Lilly is running away from an abusive father with her closet friend and ally, Rosaleen. This involves a jailbreak that Lilly instigates. They travel to a town in South Carolina hoping to find some answers about her mother. Lilly is struggling with her ‘guilt’ over the accidental shooting death of her mother when she…