When I started on this journey, I thought I understood reconciliation. Now, I realize I knew basically nothing. I was right about this one part: Forgiveness is different from reconciliation; it is the next level. And you and I thought forgiveness is hard, well, meet reconciliation.
Last year our first issue was on the theme forgiveness. If you haven’t had a chance to read this issue, I encourage you to do so. To think and act like Christ is a transformational process of becoming one with Him, and it begins with forgiveness. Forgiveness and reconciliation are tools that are available to us in order to remain connected relationally and communally.
Why should we reconcile? Ask Rabbi Gavri’el Moreno-Bryars. How do we reconcile? Ask Dr. Everett Worthington. How do you forgive and restore a fallen pastor? We gave that question to Dr. Geoffrey Sutton. Then, for us who can choose our friends but not our family members, how do you reconcile with family? But no family drama is complete without reminding us of the biggest biblical family “reality show” played out between two brothers. Jeannie Gibson, our spirituality columnist, always succinctly and in a very refreshing way captures the main points without torturing us with another Bible story.
Then, to release some tension, we have some breaking news about colorectal cancer, which is now a prevalent disease among young people. We interviewed Dr. Mark Sonenshine of the Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, to shed some light on this subject. What is going on? Isn’t this an old person’s disease? Judy Mays, our nutritionist, also provides some unusual nutritional information for preventing this type of cancer.
Then, from Transformation of the Body section, a LiveLiving specialty, I wrote an article called “Why the Body May Be More Important than the Spirit.” Did I get your attention? If so, I would love to hear from you. Oh, after you have read the article—as a matter of fact, the entire issue—remember knowledge is the first level, but application is where we live out what we know.
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Etta
