kathy wash 2012

does it make me a hypocrite to refer to a scripture at all? probably. hypocrisy is not a new thing for meis it new to you0

I used to say, that if I ever wrote a book, its title would be Nothing Truly Radical Happens After Age Six, Except Grace (Now many books later, at least two of them now have the word grace in the... Read More0

Forgiveness is a giftit is not earnedA pardon may be earnedunlike the gift of forgiveness Forgiveness is not pretendingthat a wrong hurtful act(s)did not occur It is grounded in reality Forgiveness does not erase consequencesthough it may alter the course... Read More0

regardless of fault that i forgivemyself that i forgiveothers that i acceptreceivebelievethe forgivenessi am offered that i keep forgivingover and overfor as long as i am able that i keep acceptingover and overfor as long as i am able forgiveness,... Read More0

“…I once saw God’s mercy as patient, benevolent tolerance, a form of grudging forgiveness. Now it is apparent to me that Mercy is a divine understanding, a loving allowing, a willing “breaking of the rules” by the One who made... Read More0

i try to follow his rulesi try to follow them and keep his silenceso instead of communicating whenit makes sense; when it would be naturalto resolve things that come up in this horrible process,dispel misunderstandings, get clarification, reduce feari hold... Read More0

To become neighbours is to bridge the gap between people. As long as there is distance between us and we cannot look in each other’s eyes, all sorts of false ideas and images arise. We give them names, make jokes... Read More0

“Love your neighbour as yourself” the Gospel says (Matthew 22:38). But who is my neighbor? We often respond to that question by saying: “My neighbors are all the people I am living with on this earth, especially the sick, the... Read More0

Ecclesiastes 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and... Read More0

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Distillation on my drive to Lubbock of what I have witnessed and what couples have reported to me or friends of mine in terms of successful rebuilding of marriages after marital trauma. relational trauma in terms of betrayal does not... Read More0

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Obviously the degree to which we are bothdrastically varies in each souland varies over time I have never met a perpetrator who became such a lone.I have never met a victim who became such a loneI have never met a... Read More0