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  • 9 Oct 2009
    The Daily Mail's "Christian values"

    Not for the first time, the Daily Mail has got rather confused about Christian values.

  • 6 Oct 2009
    Parliament hosts Forgiveness Project, 25 years after Brighton bomb

    Twenty-five years after the Provisional IRA bombed a Brighton hotel during the Conservative Party conference, Parliament is to host a groundbreaking event on forgiveness, with talks from people on both sides of the incident.

  • 2 Sep 2009
    Lockerbie victim's father praises compassion for dying bomber

    The father of one of the victims of the 1988 air disaster over southern Scotland has praised the Scottish government for acting in a Christian way by releasing from prison the Libyan man known throughout the world as the Lockerbie bomber.

  • 24 Aug 2009
    Finding mercy difficult to stomach

    Mercy cannot be earned, says Jill Segger. It is not a quid pro quo. It is pure gift and whenever we exercise it, we come closer to the Divine nature. The Ali al-Megrahi case makes us uncomfortable about this - and necessarily so.

  • 11 Aug 2009
    Moving beyond unexamined outrage

    The values we are willing to tolerate and those we would like, need to be brought closer together, says Jill Segger. Forgiveness and grace need to be part of the picture if destruction is not to reign.

  • 23 Jul 2009
    Baptist nurse says she forgives assailant after kidnap ordeal

    A Christian nurse in Scotland, Magdaline Makola, who spent ten days tied up and locked away the boot of a car seven months ago, says she has forgiven her assailant and prays for him regularly.

  • 10 Jul 2009
    Penitent homophobes

    Twelve years ago, I raised my hand in a church meeting to give my approval to a vote opposing the ordination of “practising homosexuals” as ministers.

  • 4 Jun 2009
    Former apartheid chief washes feet of those he says he wronged

    A former minister of police in South Africa's apartheid regime has again washed the feet of people he says he wronged while head of one of the most feared arms of the State - but this time they were apartheid's 'foot soldiers' themselves.

  • 28 May 2009
    World's oldest pupil, aged 85, embraces faith and forgiveness

    The world's oldest pupil, Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, has embraced Christianity and been baptised, five years after he began studying at primary school at the age of 85 and learned how to read the Bible. He says he has learned to forgive his enemies.

  • 17 Nov 2008
    Forgiveness and change in Uganda

    Gulu in northern Uganda looks as peaceful as any small African town, writes Fredrick Nzwili. However, its inhabitants now have to come to terms with the terrible crimes that were committed here during 22 years of civil war.