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Posts Tagged: "Forgiveness"

September 18, 2009: Marilynne Robinson Extended Interview

September 18, 2009: Marilynne Robinson Extended Interview

Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with novelist Marilynne Robinson.

Posted: Sep 18th, 2009  Comments: 2   Views: 1,824   
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September 11, 2009: Rabbi Irwin Kula Interview

September 11, 2009: Rabbi Irwin Kula Interview

"On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur thousands of people gather together and go through many, many prayers in which we ask ourselves, how have I done?"

Posted: Sep 11th, 2009  Comments: 2   Views: 1,151   
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April 17, 2009: Rwandan Reconciliation

April 17, 2009: Rwandan Reconciliation

For 100 days in 1994, Rwandans killed each other at a rate of 10,000 a day. Today the country tries to heal its wounds and deal with the consequences of the slaughter. "We have a nation to build," says Anglican Bishop John Rucyahana. "We cannot wait until we forget the genocide."

Posted: Apr 17th, 2009  Comments: 15   Views: 5,758   
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September 28, 2007: Clemency for Prisoners

September 28, 2007: Clemency for Prisoners

In public life, separation of church and state is widely approved, but what about separation of religious beliefs from official acts? Should a public official be guided by his or her faith? We have a story today about granting clemency to those convicted of a crime. It's a form of mercy or forgiveness, and governors can see it in very different ways, as Bob Faw of NBC News reports.

Posted: Sep 28th, 2007  Comments: 0   Views: 323   
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September 21, 2007: AMISH GRACE: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

September 21, 2007: AMISH GRACE: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

Read an excerpt from AMISH GRACE: HOW FORGIVENESS TRANSCENDED TRAGEDY by Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher.

Posted: Sep 21st, 2007  Comments: 0   Views: 77   
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September 21, 2007: Amish Forgiveness

September 21, 2007: Amish Forgiveness

Bob Abernethy interviews author Steven Nolt, a history professor at Goshen College in Indiana, about the one year anniversary of the tragedy in an Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, where a gunman murdered five girls and severely wounded five others before killing himself.

Posted: Sep 21st, 2007  Comments: 1   Views: 126   
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July 13, 2007: Holocaust Forgiveness Advocate Eva Kor

July 13, 2007: Holocaust Forgiveness Advocate Eva Kor

It's been 50 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. As a child, Eva Kor was a prisoner at the camp. Now she returns on a mission to give amnesty to all Nazis who participated directly or indirectly in the murder of her family and millions of others.

Posted: Jul 13th, 2007  Comments: 0   Views: 385   
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