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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…

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 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…

Kermit Goswell is the late-term abortionist who was convicted of murder and is in prison in Pennsylvania. He was convicted of killing babies who were born alive after an attempted abortion. Far from repentance, Goswell is writing abortion-inspired poems. When asked about his crimes he responds, “I feel…

An elderly man who claims he stole money from a Sears cash register sixty years ago recently returned to repay the store with interest. A local TV station reported that the man hand-delivered an envelope addressed to “Sears Manager.” Inside the envelope was a note confessing the theft and a $100 bill.…

Gregg Allman told a lie. He can’t quit thinking about it even though it slipped his lips in 1971. His brother Duane asked Gregg, “Did you steal my coke?” He wasn’t talking about a soda. Gregg had snuck into Duane’s house and snorted a half a gram of the illegal substance but he told his brother he didn’t…

A family-owned supply store in western Pennsylvania recently received an envelope filled with cash from an anonymous thief who confessed to stealing a hammer a decade ago, and seeking to make restitution. The unsigned letter dated December 6 read,” I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway. Enclosed in…

Police in Shelby, North Carolina are investigating an attack where a woman who was injured spent an hour reading the Bible to her attacker. Authorities say Lindsay Wood and her son came home from church around 8:30PM on a Wedne3sday evening. They say Woods son was getting their garbage cans in when a…

A new App called Confession is available for the iPhone and iPad. With it, a Roman Catholic can confess their sins remotely, without visiting a confessional or a priest. A Roman Catholic bishop has approved its use. The App allows them to type their sins into a confessional box and receive instructions…

In the early 1990s, photographs of an unidentified flying object taken in the Belgian sky puzzled even NASA scientists. Though authorities poured over the picture of a triangular-shaped vehicle with four lights, they could not disprove it. The picture was the sharpest available to experts in a two-year…

Police in Louisiana say they arrested two alleged car burglars after the two suspects returned to the victim’s home to apologize. Police say the men aged 50 and 48 were charged with simple burglary, and they are seeking a third man believed to be involved. Reports say the men were allegedly taking a…

Jimmy Colson was a high school sophomore in 1976. He wanted to show some friends his treasures and he brought them to school. Someone broke into his locker and stole a 1923 Peace dollar, an 1897 Morgan dollar, and a 1903 Indian Head penny. In 2010, 34 years later, Colson found an envelope in his mailbox…

A prisoner wrote an article in a newspaper, which stirred up controversy among the readers. He wrote that his life in prison was more enjoyable than that of free men outside the prison because he had everything he needed such as food, clothing, and entertainment in the prison. Some readers commented…

A new smart phone app that lets Catholic users confess on their phones is drawing the interest of other believers as well. The app, which sells for about two dollars, turns the user’s phone into a confessional, walking the user through a dry run of what they might encounter in a confessional booth. The…

A restaurant in Tennessee recently received a note from a young man who wanted to clear his conscience. Silvia Delacerda, manager of the restaurant, said a man came and dropped off a letter. He said someone had asked him to bring it to them. Inside the envelope, Delacerda found $15 and a note explaining…

In Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, Kerry Patterson writes, “Now, an apology isn’t really an apology unless you experience a change in heart. To offer a sincere apology, your motives have to change. You have to give up saving face, being right, or winning in order to focus…

In 2004, Ameneh Bahrami suffered burns to her face, and lost her eyesight when a man threw acid in her face because she refused his marriage proposal. Authorities later arrested the man and convicted him of the crime; the judge sentenced the man using the Islamic law system of “qisas” or eye-for-an-eye…

RECONCILIATION The Collegiate Church, a collection of four congregations in New York, apologized for the part they played in the displacement of the Lenape Indian tribe 400 years ago. In a reconciliation ceremony, representatives of both groups exchanged wampum and music. Individuals of the Lenape tribe…

While on the European Tour, golfer Tiger Woods apologized after he was fined for spitting on the green during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Woods spit after missing a par putt on his way to finishing the tournament with a 3 over par 75. He began that day one shot behind the leader, but…

At the ripe old age of 89, a year before English politician Sir Leonard Woolf died, he said, “The world today and the history of the human ant hill would be exactly the same if I had played ping pong instead of sitting on committees, writing books, and producing memoranda. I have therefore to make this…

GUILT Bernard Madoff is the former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and the admitted operator of the Ponzi scheme that might be "the largest investment fraud in Wall Street history." In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a…

GUILT Guilt drives people to do strange things. Camelback High School in Phoenix just received a $1000 money order along with two books. The anonymous package was from a former student. The student was paying a fine for the late return of the two books which he, or she, had checked out of the High School…

A 19-year-old Ohio woman was sorry for cheating on her boyfriend, and decided to ask for support from her community to get a second chance. Jess Dutry’s boyfriend took back their engagement ring and ended the relationship on their one year anniversary after Dutry confessed to cheating on him earlier…

REPENTANCE Though three decades have passed, a Utah man wants to make amends for deeds of his younger days. A man who claimed he stole a stop sign 35 years ago from a road in Salt Lake County mailed a $600 cashier’s check to the state Department of Transportation. The signature on the check is not legible,…

BETRAYAL What is the most famous kiss of all times? Maybe it is the picture of Edith Shain kissing a sailor on VJ day at the end of WWII. “The picture," Edith says, "it says so many things — hope, love, peace and tomorrow. The end of the war was a wonderful experience, and that photo represents all those…