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Diane De Han watched an Oregon court sentence the man who killed her son to prison, and was prepared to hate him or seek revenge. Instead, when she saw the 21-year-old man in court with no one to support him, and heard his confession, her heart went out to him. Within two weeks, De Han wrote the man…

Fyli, a municipality in Greece, northwest of Athens has a debt of $500 million. They have been granted generous terms for repayment. In 2016, authorities awarded the city 25,546 months to pay meaning the debt will finally be paid in 4144. Our debt of sin could not be paid, even if we had 25,000 months…

According to witnesses, Dylan Roof talked and prayed with his victims for an hour before pulling out a gun and methodically shooting nine members of the Emmanuel AME Church. At his first court appearance, magistrate James B. Gosnell Jr. read the names of the slain, one by one. After the reading of a…

Recently, Rocky Rasmussen is the owner of the KFC restaurant in North Platte, Nebraska, received a handwritten letter from an anonymous patron of his all you can eat buffet. “I took more on m plate than I could eat,” the woman explained. “So I put it in my purse and took it home. I do love your chicken!”…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Findings indicate that state forgiveness (i.e., forgiveness of a specific offense and offender) and trait forgivingness (i.e., a general disposition to forgive) are both inversely…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Research indicates forgiveness can promote resilience (Worthington, 2005) as well as physical and mental health (Thorensen, Harris, & Luskin, 2000) and, thus, forgiveness can…

Good news for Facebook users. Developers have added a feature that allows a user to to get rid of bad memories, at least online. The feature allows a person to automatically block posts from their ex spouses. In addition, they can remove photos of former couples in happier times. God does more than delete…

Researchers at the University of Miami have found that offering genuine apologies is a vital part of the forgiveness process. The lead researcher who authored the study says this study is one of the largest, longest, and most definitive studies of the effects conciliatory gestures ever conducted. Scientists…

In March of 2015, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he wouldn't have swapped Terrorist prisoners for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. "I don't think I would have made the trade," said Romney on NBC's "Today Show." Bergdahl was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, about nine months…

Bob Ebeling spent 30 years of his life feeling guilty over his inability to avert the explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. In 1986, Ebeling was a booster rocket engineer at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He and several colleagues were worried that cold temperatures the night…

In the book, Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health, the authors write, “Unforgiveness has been positively associated with psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, and PTSD.” In other words, not forgiving others hurts your mental health.…

When 19-year-old Josh Lewis went out to deliver a pizza to a hospital emergency room team, he never dreamed he would soon become a patient, but that’s what happened. While delivering the pizza, an assailant stabbed him and stole his Jeep Cherokee. While recovering from a collapsed lung and torn muscles…

When Judge Carl Fox was a North Carolina district attorney, he successfully prosecuted Charles Alston for armed robbery. Alston received a 25 year sentence. When Fox was recently diagnosed with blood cancer and in need of a bone marrow donation, he got a surprising letter from Alston. Alston wrote, “I…

Ron Webster was thinning his book collection when he discovered a text on human anthropology that he checked out of the Liverpool library in 1953. Webster, 91, took the book into the library and waited with the clerks for the library manager to arrive. The clerks calculated the 61-year fine to be $7,700.…

Ten years have passed since NFL-player-turned Army-corporal; Pat Tillman was killed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. One of the three Army Rangers who opened fire that day says he cannot get away from the fact that Tillman’s death might be his fault. In a television interview Stephen Elliott…

The courts convicted Cornealious Anderson of armed robbery and sentenced him to thirteen years in prison in 2000. The day he was sentenced, Anderson was told to wait for instructions on when and where to report to prison. When those instructions never came, Anderson went on with life and actually turned…

New York Yankee fallen super star Alex Rodriguez is returning to baseball after a yearlong suspension, the longest ever given to an active player for drug use. As he prepares to begin spring training for his comeback year he has issued an apology to the Yankees, their owners, the Players Association…

In 1984, Stephen Owens and his mother Gaile found his father beaten to death in their home. Stephen was surprised; Gaile was not. She was not surprised because she hired Sidney Porterfield to kill her husband, a task that he did with a tire iron. Forgiveness did not come easy. Owens had no contact with…

The Pope has a message for the Mafia. “Men and women of the Mafia, please change your lives,” he said. This was a warning to the mobsters that they could not take their “bloody money and blood power” to the afterlife. It is a good reminder to each of us as well that we cannot expect to see the afterlife…

The family of Micah Pate, who was murdered by her husband in 2009, has chosen to follow a path of forgiveness and service rather than seeking revenge. They are working with a documentary filmmaker to put together an educational film for young women that can help them make wise decisions when choosing…

A Massachusetts man whose wife was killed by a drunk driver on the way to church said his has forgiven the woman who killed her. Bill LaPierre and his wife Karen had stopped to pick up doughnuts to serve after church, when 37 year old Lisa Leavitt struck Karen with her car. Leavitt later admitted to…

In 2005, Doug Wead, a former special assistant to President George W. Bush, issued a letter of apology for writing a book containing material from discussions that had been tape-recorded without the president’s knowledge.” It began innocently; he was simply attempting to carry out what the President…

Little six-year-old Lucy Magnum said, “I forgive him,” speaking of the shark that sank its teeth into her leg off the Carolina coast. Lucy was in shallow water on her boogie board when the attack took place. Only a quick response by her parents saved her leg until emergency workers arrived. “I hate sharks,”…

For the third year in a row, a Florida church has teamed up with local law enforcement officials to encourage lawbreakers to turn themselves in. The Greater Friendship Baptist Church in Daytona Beach hosted Operation Safe Surrender to offer those facing serious charges the opportunity to do the right…

A mother’s decision to forgive the boy, who murdered her only son, has had a bigger impact than she could have imagined. In 1993, a 16-year-old killed Mary Johnson’s son Laramiun during an argument at a party. Mary wanted justice and said the killer, Oshea Israel, deserved to be caged because he was…