THE SUBVERSIVE CROSS (5 OF 5)
Scripture: Philemon 4, Philemon 5, Philemon 6, Philemon 7
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The Subversive Cross (5 of 5)
Series: A Most Subversive Gospel
Wyman Richardson
Philemon 4-7
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In 2006 I received the following email from Journey Films.
A week ago we sent an e-mail alert about our interview with Fr. Lyndon Harris, an Episcopal priest who is promoting the development of a Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero. We also offered an opinion poll asking ''Would you support a Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero? The result was an overwhelming ''NO.''
With more than 2,500 votes cast the vote was 98% against the building of a Garden of Forgiveness and only 2% in favor. We should also note that many of the people on the Journey Films' mailing list include seminarians, church and synagogue leadership and people who have supported our nearly two dozen films on subjects of faith and spirituality.
''After I interviewed Father Harris about his proposed garden I went down to the Ground Zero site and spoke with many people on the street about their sentiments for a Garden of Forgiveness,'' says filmmaker Martin Doblmeier. ''My impression was people were almost evenly divided, so our own poll results were quite surprising. What has become clear in the making of a film on forgiveness is that the word ''forgiveness'' itself raises so many raw emotions in people. Many Americans, no matter what their mind tells them they should do, are simply not ready in their hearts to walk a path of forgiveness until some justice has been realized. Forgiveness always takes time, and in the case of 9/11 it may take a very long time.''
Forgiveness is a hard thing to offer, especially in the face of some egregious act of cruelty like what happened on 9/11. It should be said, though, that most human beings see any mere slight as an egregious act of cruelty and so are loathe to offer forgiveness even in the small things.
In Philemon 17-25, Paul ups the intensity of his words to Philemon. He is going to call on Philemon to accept and forgive his ...
Series: A Most Subversive Gospel
Wyman Richardson
Philemon 4-7
Read Philemon 4-7
In 2006 I received the following email from Journey Films.
A week ago we sent an e-mail alert about our interview with Fr. Lyndon Harris, an Episcopal priest who is promoting the development of a Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero. We also offered an opinion poll asking ''Would you support a Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero? The result was an overwhelming ''NO.''
With more than 2,500 votes cast the vote was 98% against the building of a Garden of Forgiveness and only 2% in favor. We should also note that many of the people on the Journey Films' mailing list include seminarians, church and synagogue leadership and people who have supported our nearly two dozen films on subjects of faith and spirituality.
''After I interviewed Father Harris about his proposed garden I went down to the Ground Zero site and spoke with many people on the street about their sentiments for a Garden of Forgiveness,'' says filmmaker Martin Doblmeier. ''My impression was people were almost evenly divided, so our own poll results were quite surprising. What has become clear in the making of a film on forgiveness is that the word ''forgiveness'' itself raises so many raw emotions in people. Many Americans, no matter what their mind tells them they should do, are simply not ready in their hearts to walk a path of forgiveness until some justice has been realized. Forgiveness always takes time, and in the case of 9/11 it may take a very long time.''
Forgiveness is a hard thing to offer, especially in the face of some egregious act of cruelty like what happened on 9/11. It should be said, though, that most human beings see any mere slight as an egregious act of cruelty and so are loathe to offer forgiveness even in the small things.
In Philemon 17-25, Paul ups the intensity of his words to Philemon. He is going to call on Philemon to accept and forgive his ...
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