Comments on: Living in Process: V-15 Forgiveness: A New Vision of Healing http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/07/28/living-in-process-v-15-forgiveness-a-new-vision-of-healing/ Ruminations on culture, religion, and politics from diverse perspectives of faith. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dean http://currentsoffaith.com/2008/07/28/living-in-process-v-15-forgiveness-a-new-vision-of-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Dean Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:37:23 +0000 http://currentsoffaith.com/?p=54#comment-172 Bob-- I love that you are so willing to teach from such an intimate place. I think your work on forgiveness (and book) is probably your most important contribution to Christian thought. Forgiveness is the heart of Christianity yet the "how" is muddy. It hit me in reading this piece that forgiveness is about choices within relationships. By choosing not to forgive I'm stuck in the past and closed off from what the possibilities for the relationship could be. Choosing to forgive allows me more choices within that relationship including, if need be, limiting that relationship. My interpretation of your prayer of "who will I become/be in this situation" is increasingly, "how can I become aware of more choices in this situation/relationship and how can I expand my comfort zone to include these choices." Bob–

I love that you are so willing to teach from such an intimate place.

I think your work on forgiveness (and book) is probably your most important contribution to Christian thought. Forgiveness is the heart of Christianity yet the “how” is muddy.

It hit me in reading this piece that forgiveness is about choices within relationships. By choosing not to forgive I’m stuck in the past and closed off from what the possibilities for the relationship could be. Choosing to forgive allows me more choices within that relationship including, if need be, limiting that relationship.

My interpretation of your prayer of “who will I become/be in this situation” is increasingly, “how can I become aware of more choices in this situation/relationship and how can I expand my comfort zone to include these choices.”

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