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Dear Portia: The Spiraling Journey of Forgiveness

September 6, 2018August 8, 2018 Heather Caliri
spiraling forgiveness

How Do We Know When We’re Done Forgiving? Dear Portia, What does forgiveness look like when you work through the process and do your best, but either the offender never acknowledges their sin or they continue to offend? Not asking about boundaries, that’s pretty clear to me, but how do we know when we’re done? […]

Dear Portia: Do I forgive my church family, or speak up?

September 1, 2017August 30, 2017 Heather Caliri
desiring bad stuff

Dear Portia, Several years ago, our family got involved in fostering children with significant medical needs. The nudge to do so came from the teachings of our church…to love God and to love people. But, the very church family who encouraged us to jump in did not throw the life-preserver we expected. Fostering got hard. […]

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