Forgiveness intrigues and intimidates me. I have trouble forgiving the clerk who charged me for a double latte when I got just a single, so the thought of forgiving someone who has committed a crime is intimidating. Jesus warned his followers that, if they didn’t forgive others’ offenses, God would not forgive them their own […]

Let there be peace on earth—and let it begin with me. I attended a Unity church service yesterday, where we closed the service by standing in a circle holding hands and singing that song. I’d like to close—or maybe open—every Peacemaker seminar with that. We all decry the lack of “peace on earth” but we […]

Michigan now has its first published case on the enforceability of a mediated agreement. The case, Vittiglio v Vittiglio, involved a divorce mediation that resulted in an agreement. Prior to entry of the divorce judgment, the wife sought to disavow the mediated agreement, alleging that she was in effect coerced into consenting to it. Consistent […]