Tag: reconciliation

Lunch with My Mother

Posted on April 10, 2018 by MJ

Well, I did it. I saw my mother and stepfather. I wasn’t nervous at all until about an hour before I had to leave, and then it hit me. I was suddenly scared that she was going to be unkind to me. I was… Continue Reading “Lunch with My Mother”

Category: Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Mothers, Moving Forward, relationshipsTags: borderline mother, healing process, hypercritical environments, hypervigilance, reconciliation, recovering from abuse

The Three Kinds of Forgiveness

Posted on December 22, 2014 by MJ

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We are right in the middle of the holiday season. Hanukkah is here. Christmas Eve is the day after tomorrow. Kwanzaa begins on Friday. These are holidays that involve gathering with communities and families. Because of that, the holiday season can be a much… Continue Reading “The Three Kinds of Forgiveness”

Category: Christianity, encouragement, Faith, forgiveness, God, Healing, Judaism, relationshipsTags: Christianity, encouragement, forgiveness, God, healing process, Judaism, judgment in the church, reconciliation

A Plea

Posted on September 13, 2014 by MJ

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Somewhere in the annals of this blog I’m sure I’ve posted on the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. I feel quite certain that most people who know me have heard me yammer on about that, and yet a plethora of Christians and even non-Christians… Continue Reading “A Plea”

Category: abuse in families, Christianity, emotional abuse, Evangelical church, forgiveness, God, Jesus, relationshipsTags: abuse in families, Christianity, encouragement, forgiveness, forgiveness vs. reconciliation, God, judgment in the church, reconciliation, sexual abuse, trauma