Everyone can forgive - Forgiveness & Reconciliation
This Forgiveness & Reconciliation season will inspire you to forgive and accept forgiveness and to reconcile with those from whom you might be estranged. The stories are full of hope and we provide some of the science and psychology of why it's so important to forgive and how to do that in the most difficult of circumstances.
This week we are joined by Everett Worthington.
Imagine studying the psychology of forgiveness for a decade only to put that theory into practice in your own life by forgiving a burglar who brutally murders your mother. And then a few years later, learning how to forgive yourself when your brother commits suicide and you feel implicated in that tragedy.
As Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, United States, Everett isn't just one of the world's leading authorities on forgiveness, he has walked the walk. And some key steps of that forgiveness walk were taken on the streets of Cambridge, UK.
His mission is to help people forgive whether they be individuals, couples and families, even communities and countries. So here is some of the science, psychology and Biblical basis for forgiveness & reconciliation.
REACH Emotional Self-Forgiveness
This week we are joined by Everett Worthington.
Imagine studying the psychology of forgiveness for a decade only to put that theory into practice in your own life by forgiving a burglar who brutally murders your mother. And then a few years later, learning how to forgive yourself when your brother commits suicide and you feel implicated in that tragedy.
As Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, United States, Everett isn't just one of the world's leading authorities on forgiveness, he has walked the walk. And some key steps of that forgiveness walk were taken on the streets of Cambridge, UK.
His mission is to help people forgive whether they be individuals, couples and families, even communities and countries. So here is some of the science, psychology and Biblical basis for forgiveness & reconciliation.
REACH Emotional Self-Forgiveness
R = Recall my hurtful acts
E = Emotionally Replace Unforgiveness with Empathy Toward the One Who Hurt Me (i.e. Myself)
A = Altruistic Gift of Self-Forgiveness
C= Commit to the Emotional Self-Forgiveness That I Experienced
H = Hold On to the Self-Forgiveness When I Doubt That It Was Real
Check out everything there is to know about REACH and download the Forgiveness Workbook by visiting reach.discoverforgiveness.org
Here's the heart-warming story of Chris Carrier and his kidnapper David McAllister. It's worth every second of the 7 minutes. You won't finish it without appreciating the power of forgiveness.
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Here's the heart-warming story of Chris Carrier and his kidnapper David McAllister. It's worth every second of the 7 minutes. You won't finish it without appreciating the power of forgiveness.
UPCOMING ASCEND EVENTS
Find out more about our other upcoming events here.
To sign-up for our weekly inspiring emails, please complete the form here.
WHAT IS ASCEND MEN?
Imagine a community of men who are challenged, inspired and equipped to live passionate lives for Jesus. A place where men-care-for-men through a small number of honest personal relationships initiated and supported by regular male-oriented events. Relationships are built shoulder-to-shoulder doing stuff in preference to eye-balling each other!
Ascend Men is that community.
Our podcasts reflect that desire to challenge, inspire and equip our men. Some are light-hearted easy-listens. Some deserve to be digested and pondered. If you love them, tell us - we could do with the encouragement. If you can see ways they could be improved, tell us - feedback is a gift.
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