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The forgiving Amish
Posted on Jan 24, 2008 11:26am CST.| NCR Book Club |
Reviewed by BILL WILLIAMS
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AMISH GRACE: HOW FORGIVENESS TRANSCENDED TRAGEDY By Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-Zercher Jossey-Bass, 237 pages, $24.95 |
When a gunman shot 10 girls in an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania in October 2006, the first reaction was horror. A second response quickly followed: People were dumbfounded that the Amish could reach out to the killer’s family and offer forgiveness.
In Amish Grace, the authors seek to solve that puzzle by exploring the roots of Amish spirituality, focusing on the meaning of forgiveness.
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted on Jan 24, 2008 15:48pm CST.| The Peace Pulpit by Bishop Gumbleton | Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
| Homily Archives | Weekly Homily |
As we reflect on these readings from God's word today, it will be very helpful for us, I think, if we do it with the context of the Sacrament of Baptism, which we are celebrating for this baby, Kaelynn Christine, because the readings guide us as to what it means for her to be baptized, and also what our baptism means for each one of us, and that that, of course, is something very important for us to reflect upon regularly: What does it means to be a baptized follower of Jesus, one of his disciples?
