Sometimes the message that the church preaches sounds like anything but Good News. While "Be different! Stop doing that! Start doing this! Repent!" are biblical messages, they are discouraging on their own. We need one other part to make it Good News again. Jesus brought that part with him!
A young man broke into a business and did $5000 damage. As part of his Restorative Justice sentence, he was required to meet with my friend Garth. Garth believes in making apologies and restitution. It took several months, but Garth finally convinced the young man that these were necessary steps, so he tried to arrange a meeting with the business owner. The business owner wanted nothing to do with this situation. He was angry and wanted a more severe form of justice. Eventually, however, he agreed to meet the young man to hear what he had to say. The young man looked the business owner in the eye an...
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