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Why Christmas?

Wikipedia states that Christmas “is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.” So far, so good....
Dr. John B. MacDonald
December 2, 2016
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Conversations toward discovery

In the last decade or so, my discussions about the nature and practice of forgiveness have been lively. It’s...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 22, 2016
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5 habits of highly forgiving people

Forgiveness is at or near the heart of God. It is difficult to name a subject more important to the life of...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 21, 2016
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Why reconciliation is important to you

  Karl Barth (1886-1968) was perhaps the most influential theologian of the 20th Century. On reconciliation, he...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 14, 2016
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I can't forgive myself

“God may have forgiven you, but you’ve got to forgive yourself.” How many times have you heard this homespun...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
October 7, 2016
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The truth about restitution

Restitution. We’ve described it as repentance in action. We then fleshed out some aspects of it in “2 questions...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 30, 2016
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2 questions about restitution

"Restitution: what it is; why it matters" triggered lots of great questions.  For context, we explored earlier the...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 23, 2016
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Restitution: what is it; why it matters

When was the last time you thought about restitution?   It's probably been a while, if not longer. So, let’s...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 16, 2016
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When forgiveness is withheld

  He knew he was wrong and he told her. But no matter what he said or did, she refused to forgive him.   I’ve heard...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 9, 2016
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Two responses to a forgiveness dilemma  

Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) was a Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. In his book, The Sunflower: on the...
Dr. John B. MacDonald
September 2, 2016

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