Tag Archives: forgiveness

1. Never assume, because you are a Christian, that people know you love them.

I mention this one first because it’s been at the front of my mind for some time now.

Forgiveness was the topic of the July 2013 Coffee Talk.

Join us today at 10 a.m. at Chairs Coffee for our seventh Coffee Talk!

The panelists, the Rev. Joe Niemiec Jr., Amy Rice, Laura Stembridge and Rev. Deb Conklin, will be discussing forgiveness.

When I volunteered for this panel, writing an article on what forgiveness looks like seemed relatively easy. To my mild surprise, my thoughts on the matter deadlocked so that I ended up mired in writers block until my dog Winston was attacked by two other dogs.

I finally learned about forgiveness at age 36, when my husband, the father of our then 4-year-old son, and our daughter on the way, left me for a young student of his. In the process he said and did many hurtful things. And over the years, he continued to do and say hurtful things. At first, I simply lived in pain — deep, emotional and spiritual pain.

Join us July 6 for our next Coffee Talk, where we'll discuss forgiveness and what it looks like.

The conversation will be at 10 a.m. at Chairs Coffee, 113 W. Indiana Ave. and all are welcome.