The CBS TV series “The Good Wife” depicted a Christian dispute resolution process in its October 5th episode. Entitled “’Dear God,” it portrayed a dispute between a farmer and the local supplier of genetically-modified seed, not unlike the dispute in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Bowman v Monsanto (2013) . The seed supplier—represented by […]

Forgiveness is hard work. Stories of forgiveness inspire me to keep working on “forgive one another.” Here’s one from a good friend, whose name I’ve changed to protect the other party. Jane attended a small private college about 40 years ago. In her senior year, she became engaged to a young man who had graduated […]

“I love you.” The three little words that everyone wants to hear, that we don’t say often enough, that comprise one of the most powerful things we can say to someone. But it occurs to me there’s an even more powerful, meaningful sentence: “I still love you.” These four words connote a lot that may […]