Sin and brokenness, forgiveness and healing are categories under which we gather our experiences of life. How these experiences manifest in our individual lives is very different. Let me give a ...

To the Christian observer, it might seem like a pretty strange quirk of Judaism that only once a year do Jews focus on forgiveness. Normative Christianity sees the human soul as tainted by sin, sin as ...

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love ...

Following each of the 10 confessions and testimonies read aloud during the liturgy was a prayerful petition for forgiveness. On the eve of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis ...

“Uh, Father? You forgot to give me a penance.” I was sitting in my pastor’s study, a much younger man than I am today, my cheeks tear-streaked and my shame revealed. I had not planned on confession ...

We all have the one sin that we consider completely unforgiveable. Not the ones we ourselves commit, although we have those, too, but the ones that others commit against us. Folks can wrong us in any ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: How can I know if God has really forgiven me? I did something several years ago that was very wrong, and I've confessed it repeatedly to God and begged for His forgiveness, but I ...

As believers we have a lot on our plates. From our perspective however, that doesn’t mean we are challenged beyond our capacity to fulfill God’s destiny for us. It just does so with a purpose — God’s.

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I've been in jail for almost 20 years for killing a man during an armed robbery. The chaplain here says God will forgive me, but I can't make myself believe it. I know I don't deserve ...