Refusal to forgive is not resistance to healing; it is resistance to erasure. — Vera Hart The Violence of Forced Forgiveness. I'd like to unpack this a bit. Or rephrase it. I honour my innermost being when I refusal to comply with social pressure to forgive. It is true is that my enemy sinned against… Continue reading Resisting social pressure to perform forgiveness. The fine line.
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Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs — by Ruth Barron
Ruth Barron explains that the 'bitter root' is the evil actions of the abuser. The victims' emotional responses to the abuse are the leaves (the bitter herbs) that grow from the bitter root. Churches typically try to weed out the bitterness by attacking and shaming the leaves — the emotional responses of the victims. But… Continue reading Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs — by Ruth Barron
