STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
Denise Green
"Forgiveness was not a word I used at first, but hearing the bitterness and anger I knew I didn’t want to go down that road."
Joan van Blerk & Collin Ketshabile
"People think once a criminal always a criminal, but if victims choose to forgive their attackers, I believe the community should too."
Hanneke Coates
"I thought I had forgiven my Japanese captors, and yet was always aware of the hairs rising in the nape of my neck when I heard a Japanese voice."
Mary Johnson and Oshea Israel
"It was such a healing poem all about the commonality of pain and it showed me my destiny."
Cathy Harrington
"Lots of things in life are senseless. There’s so much we can’t explain but we need to be able to love the questions."
Madeleine Black
"I used to think that they were evil, but I started to understand that they didn't come into this world that way."
Natalia Aggiano
"It was what my mum had taught me – to love him for who he was, not for what he did."
Denise Green
"Forgiveness was not a word I used at first, but hearing the bitterness and anger I knew I didn’t want to go down that road."
Joan van Blerk & Collin Ketshabile
"People think once a criminal always a criminal, but if victims choose to forgive their attackers, I believe the community should too."
Hanneke Coates
"I thought I had forgiven my Japanese captors, and yet was always aware of the hairs rising in the nape of my neck when I heard a Japanese voice."
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
Self-forgiveness: Making meaning as a foundation for change
This online workshop invites participants to deeply listen, reflect and explore through creative writing prompts how making meaning can support us to reconcile ourselves with what has gone before and journey toward self-forgiveness.
