A Forgiveness Ritual
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs wrote a ritual of forgiveness for Unitarian Universalists, based on the Jewish Yom Kippur service. In this ritual, everyone repeats: “I forgive myself and I forgive you. We begin again in love.”
When someone hurts us, or we hurt others, the goal is not only that the person who was hurt forgives, we also need to forgive ourselves, and to start over in love. For those times when someone hurts you, or you hurt someone else, you might want to keep this in your pocket: “I forgive myself and I forgive you. We begin again in love.”
Forgiveness
September 2015
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly.”―Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly.” ―Henri J.M. Nouwen Read more »
A Lesson in Forgiveness
The Days of Awe—the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—are considered the High Holy Days in the Jewish tradition—significant moments that even secular Jews may celebrate in some fashion. It’s the New Year, after all. Read more »
Forgiving the Broken
I believe that our human survival depends on waking up to our connection with the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Read more »
Radical Forgiveness (Excerpt)
Corrie ten Boom was living with her older sister and her father in Amsterdam when Holland was occupied by the Nazis. Read more »
Hall of Records
In the Administrative Department of my heart, which is down the hall from Feelings, Major, I wrote down the time you offended me. Read more »
Finding Forgiveness
Many of us are struggling to forgive our parents. As adults, we’re wrestling with our parents’ inability to give us what we needed when we were kids. Read more »
An Opportunity to Give
One thing is certain, each one of us will be given opportunity after opportunity to practice forgiveness towards ourselves and others over the course of our lives. Read more »
REsources for Living
The evening of September 22nd this year marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which is often known as the Day of Atonement. Read more »
Did You Know?
That the CLF offers resources on our website for children, families and religious educators? Check out the Family Quest page. Read more »
A Lesson in Forgiveness
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The Days of Awe—the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—are considered the High Holy Days in the Jewish tradition—significant moments that even secular Jews may celebrate in some fashion. It’s the New Year, after all. Read more →
Forgiving the Broken
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I believe that our human survival depends on waking up to our connection with the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Read more →
Radical Forgiveness (Excerpt)
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Corrie ten Boom was living with her older sister and her father in Amsterdam when Holland was occupied by the Nazis. Read more →
Hall of Records
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In the Administrative Department of my heart, which is down the hall from Feelings, Major, I wrote down the time you offended me. Read more →
Finding Forgiveness
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Note from Meg: As we welcome Danny Givens as our new CLF prison chaplain, I’ve asked him to take my place in this issue to share some thoughts on forgiveness. Read more →
An Opportunity to Give
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One thing is certain, each one of us will be given opportunity after opportunity to practice forgiveness towards ourselves and others over the course of our lives. Read more →
REsources for Living
Podcast: Download (4.8MB)
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The evening of September 22nd this year marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which is often known as the Day of Atonement. Read more →
Did You Know?
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That the CLF offers resources on our website for children, families and religious educators? Check out the Family Quest page. Read more →