radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 3}

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Justice and forgiveness can cohabitate. Forgiveness does not have to compromise justice. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes Similar to yesterday’s story, today I’d like to share three others. The first is from a non-fiction book called, Picking Cotton, from author’s Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. Following is a description from the back of the book: Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke…

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radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 2}

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Forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself. It has less to do with what somebody else did as much as it does with your decision to move on with your life and not be continually victimized by rehearsing that issue or incident over and over again. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes I read a People magazine online…

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radical love, radical forgiveness & judgment {part 1}

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Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain. ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes Jesus loves radically. Jesus forgives radically. <– tweet this Radical is defined as thorough or complete. Let’s continue reading today with the understanding we’re talking about thoroughly and completely,…

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(in)couraged to hope – unglued #1

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Jacque and I are overwhelmed at the response we’ve received to last week’s announcement! We know what it looks like to face a day, praying for it to be sprinkled with extra dash of hope. And we know many of you could use some of those extra dashes sprinkled into your day too! We’re thrilled you’ve joined us on this hope-filled journey and we can’t…

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