The Amish and Forgiveness

Amish Grace and the Rest of Us
If there’s one thing we learned from the Nickel Mines story, it’s this: the Amish commitment to forgive is not a small patch tacked onto their fabric of faithfulness. Rather, their commitment to forgive is intricately woven into their lives and their communities-so intricately that it’s hard to talk [...]

Jewish Wisdom

From Derek , a wonderful story:
In one of Rabbi Telushkin’s other books, Jewish Wisdom, he tells a classic story. A man spread some negative remarks about the local rabbi and over time, the rabbi found out what the man had said. The man felt guilty and he came to the rabbi. “Can you forgive me?” [...]