Forgiveness: Perspectives on Making Peace with Your Past

Forgiveness asks more of us than forgiving and forgetting. It invites us to make peace with our past. "Like many of you, I've been dealt a few cards I do not think I deserved," writes editor Amy Lyles Wilson. "In response, I used to think forgiving and forgetting meant I had to act like I had never been wronged. The writers in this collection tell me otherwise. Forgiving, they say, does not require pretending you were never hurt. It does mean, however, that you'll need to make peace with your past to embrace the future." Through the gentle, guiding words of Henri Nouwen, Marjorie Thompson, Douglas Steere, Mary Lou Redding, Flora Slosson Wuellner, and others, discover how to release old resentments and open your heart to healing. This book explores questions such as: What exactly is forgiveness, and what is it not? Should every hurt or offense be forgiven? What do I do if someone refuses to forgive me? How do I forgive myself? If forgiveness doesn't come easily to you, take heart. It is a practice, not a single moment, and these voices will walk alongside you, one step at a time. Part of the Hope, Anger, Forgiveness, Compassion: Wisdom for Today Book Series.…