Tag: forgiveness

• It’s not all about me

  These past weeks we’ve thought about the journeys we are on with forgiving others. We’ve used the story of Joseph as a mirror to help us. We talked about the influence of Joseph’s Uncle Esau on his life. As a young boy Joseph witnessed his Uncle Esau falling on Jacob’s shoulders and forgiving him. It…

  thefirstmennonitechurch

  February 3, 10

  First thoughts

  forgiveness, sin

• The truth, the whole truth

  Most Christians believe that lying is wrong. Do not bear false witness. It’s pretty clear. But even the early Anabaptists struggled about whether it was necessary to always tell the whole truth all the time. There’s a story told about the early Anabaptist Menno Simons in the Netherlands. He was travelling by stagecoach, sitting up…

  thefirstmennonitechurch

  January 27, 10

  First thoughts

  forgiveness, truth