Forgiveness is free, but it’s not cheap. It cost Jesus Christ his life. And it’s also not easy. Forgiveness can only occur when the offended person volunteers to assume the debt and to not get even or seek revenge. That’s what Jesus did for us. And that’s what he calls...

For each of us it begins in the crib.  How tightly we hold things like a pacifier or toy or “blankie”.  Sometimes our first two words are “no” and “mine!”