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Now available in trade paperback, Forgiving the Unforgivable presents a six-stage program that guides people out of the paralyzing anger and resentment caused by unforgivable emotional injuries. "Inspiring and thought-provoking . . . should give comfort to those who thought they could never trust a loved one again".--Publishers Weekly.
Forgiveness is an essential part of being a Christian. But what do we do when confronted with the unforgivable - an act that shakes our moral foundations to their roots, often committed by someone trusted and loved? Murder, sexual abuse, adultery - all leave lifelong wounds and all are unforgivable trespasses that through the grace of God can be...
"Forty-five minutes earlier we had been eating, laughing, andenjoying one another's company. And now, in a moment'stime, OUR LIVES WERE FOREVER CHANGED." WHAT BEGAN AS A DELIGHTFUL THREE-DAY FAMILY GATHERING ended intragedy when a car accident left three of Craig Stone's family members deadand one in a vegetative state. Adding to the pain of loss, corruption seemedto overshadow justice in the courtroom trial that followed. As a result, thefamily was thrust into months and even years of unimaginable grief, rage, and unforgiveness. In Forgiving the Unforgivable Stone shares candidly of the emotional turmoiland grief that he experienced in light of these tragic events and how theynearly destroyed his life...until he discovered true forgiveness. Covering themany stages of grief, he shows you why it is important to go through thegrieving process, and he explains what the Bible says about forgiveness andwhy you cannot uncover healing and a prosperous future without it. You may find yourself in a similar situation, with a life struck by deep woundsthat were inflicted by other people. You've hurt long enough. IT'S TIME TO END THE PAIN AND ANGER ANDEMBRACE FREEDOM THROUGH FORGIVENESS.
Destiny was an extraordinary girl, but she doesn't know it because sometimes most precious treasures are hidden beneath miles of opposition. She can't fathom that she is a diamond in the rough.
Kitty Chappell grew up with horrific abuse at the hands of her father, who, after years of terrorizing his family, finally beat Kitty's mother nearly to death with a claw hammer. In the ensuing trial, the reputation under the microscope was not that of the would-be murderer but those of Kitty and her mother, as Kitty's father falsely accused them of prostitution. Though temporarily safe while her father served his sentence, Kitty lived with a deep rage and struggled with the biblical mandate to forgive. "Two paths stretched before me. But how could I find the strength to forgive when all that was within me screamed for vengeance?" Kitty Chappell's story is extraordinary not because of its anguish, but because against all logic, she has emerged whole. In the process that led to her healing, Kitty reveals her stalemate with God, her deep distrust of men, and how she came to a new understanding of what forgiveness means. She believes that, regardless of our pasts, the choice to forgive is before us all, with the power to destroy us or set us free. Book jacket.
2016 Books For A Better Life Award winner Drawing on the latest research and remarkable tales of forgiveness from around the world, journalist Megan Feldman explores how forgiveness, when practiced in the right ways, can save lives, make us happier and healthier, and lead to a better world. Veteran journalist Megan Feldman was still smarting over a bitter breakup when she began working on a feature article about a father named Azim who had truly forgiven the man who killed his son. She had found herself totally and completely unable to forgive her ex-boyfriend, and yet Azim had managed to forgive his own son’s murderer. Forgiveness has long been touted by religious leaders as a moral imperative. But Megan wanted to know exactly what it means from a scientific perspective, and why forgiving those who have wronged you is one of the best things you can do for yourself. In Triumph of the Heart, Feldman embarks on a quest to understand this complex idea, drawing on the latest research showing that forgiveness can provide a range of health benefits, from relieving depression to decreasing high blood pressure. The journey takes her from New Zealand and the Maori who practice their own form of restorative justice, to a principal in Baltimore who uses forgiveness techniques to eradicate violence in her school, and to recovered addicts who restarted their lives by seeking and receiving forgiveness. She travels to Rwanda to learn about forgiveness in the face of unthinkable atrocities. This book is a guide for how the practice of forgiveness can help us all in our search for a satisfying, fulfilling, good life.
By demonstrating how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven this self-help book benefits people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment.
In our culture the belief that "To err is human, to forgive divine," is so prevalent that few of us question its wisdom. But do we ever completely forgive those who have betrayed us? Aren't some actions unforgivable? Can we achieve closure and healing without forgiving? Drawing on more than two decades of work as a practicing psychotherapist, more than fifty indepth interviews, and sterling research into the concept of forgiveness in our society, Dr. Jeanne Safer challenges popular opinion with her own searching answers to these and other questions. The result is a penetrating look at what is often a lonely, and perhaps unnecessary, struggle to forgive those who have hurt us the most and an illuminating examination of how to determine whether forgiveness is, indeed, the best path to take--and why, often, it is not.
One can love and not forgive or out of love decide not to forgive. Or one can forgive but not love, or choose to forgive but not love the ones forgiven. Love and forgiveness follow parallel and largely independent paths, a truth we fail to acknowledge when we pressure others to both love and forgive. Individuals in conflict, sparring social and ethnic groups, warring religious communities, and insecure nations often do not need to pursue love and forgiveness to achieve peace of mind and heart. They need to remain attentive to the needs of others, an alertness that prompts either love or forgiveness to respond. By reorienting our perception of these enduring phenomena, the contributors to this volume inspire new applications for love and forgiveness in an increasingly globalized and no longer quite secular world. With contributions by the renowned French philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion, the poet Haleh Liza Gafori, and scholars of religion (Leora Batnitzky, Nils F. Schott, Hent de Vries), psychoanalysis (Albert Mason, Orna Ophir), Islamic and political philosophy (Sari Nusseibeh), and the Bible and literature (Regina Schwartz), this anthology reconstructs the historical and conceptual lineage of love and forgiveness and their fraught relationship over time. By examining how we have used—and misused—these concepts, the authors advance a better understanding of their ability to unite different individuals and emerging groups around a shared engagement for freedom and equality, peace and solidarity.
"A clearheaded study of what life can do to us and possible ways to begin again." --Carl A. Whitaker, M.D., author of Midnight Musings of a Family Therapist and coauthor of The Family Crucible Women and men who have been deeply hurt by someone they love often experience a pain that spirals out to undermine their work, relationships, self-esteem, and even their sense of reality. In Forgiving the Unforgivable, author Beverly Flanigan, a leading authority on forgiveness, defines such unforgivable injuries, explains their poisonous effects, and then guides readers out of the paralyzing anger and resentment. As a Fellow of the Kellogg Foundation, Flanigan conducted a pioneering study of forgiveness, and from that study, from her clinical practice, and from her many years of teaching, researching, and conducting professional workshops and seminars, she devised a unique six-stage program, presented here. Filled with inspiring real-life examples, Forgiving the Unforgivable is both a practical and a comforting guide to recovery and healing.