Meditations on "Amends"

Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

The Twelve Steps program is a spiritually based program of recovery for individuals seeking healing from a variety of addictive lifestyles.

The only antidote for hurt, frustration, and anger is love and plenty of it.

Love your Enemy (1) Jesus gave very clear instructions about loving our enemies and doing good to those who despitefully use us.

For the past couple of days we've been thinking about guilt - why we feel guilty and what we should do about it.

When Jesus encountered a tax collector named Zacchaeus, his life and the lives of all those he'd previously dealt with, were changed forever.

It would be impossible for us to risk taking the first step in making amends with others had God not demonstrated the way for us.

How many times have we written people off because of some dispute in the distant past?

What is making amends? What does that mean? To "make amends" for something you've done means you make up for, or compensate for, the injury, insult, infidelity, or aggression you have perpetrated.

We’ve probably thought a lot about how our sins have hurt the people in our lives.

We often spend a lot of time and energy on trying to change others and how they treat us.

Our parents or caregivers are deeply connected to our lives on so many levels.