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Forgiveness Play After Apartheid Made Enemies Embrace
Cape Townยท 2024-03
A South African playwright wrote a play about apartheid forgiveness โ audiences from both sides wept together and strangers embraced in the theatre lobby.
Tutsi and Hutu Women Run a Bakery Together After Genocide
Kigaliยท 2020-03-01
A Tutsi genocide survivor and a Hutu perpetrator's daughter who spent 25 years in silence now run a bakery together in Kigali called "Ubumwe" โ unity.
She Forgave Her Husband Killer โ Adopted His Orphans
Arequipaยท 2022-09-01
A Peruvian woman forgave the man who killed her husband, then adopted his two orphaned children. She told him in prison: "Your children are safe."
Former Child Soldiers Met in Church โ Became Brothers
Bukavuยท 2019-06-15
Two former child soldiers from opposing factions in the Congo War met in a church reconciliation programme. They were baptised together in Lake Kivu.
Widow Forgave Drunk Driver at His Hospital Bedside
Utrechtยท 2021-10-20
A Dutch widow visited the drunk driver who killed her husband and forgave him at his hospital bedside. The driver found faith in prison.
Genocide Survivor Looked Killer in the Eyes โ Forgave
Kibuye Provinceยท 2006-06-01
A Rwandan genocide survivor faced her family's killer at a Gacaca court and publicly forgave him. She now leads a reconciliation ministry in Kigali.
Stolen Generation Elder Forgave โ Healed a Community
Arnhem Landยท 2005-03-01
An Aboriginal elder from the Stolen Generations forgave those who took her from her family.
Three Generations Alcoholism Ended at Fijian Prayer Retreat
Suvaยท 2022
A Fijian father broke three generations of alcoholism at a prayer retreat when God lifted the craving instantly and restored his family.
Death Row Inmate Forgiven by Victim Mother โ Sentence Cut
Texasยท 2022
A death row inmate in Texas was forgiven by his victim's eighty-seven-year-old mother โ she testified before the parole board and his sentence was...
Simon Thomas: Peace Beyond Understanding
Norfolk / Londonยท 2024
Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas lost his wife Gemma to leukaemia four days after diagnosis. In the wreckage, he found a peace only God could explain.
Kara Tippetts: The Hardest Peace
Colorado Springsยท 2024
Young mum Kara Tippetts was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her blog and book The Hardest Peace documented her journey from fear to grace, reaching millions.
Ernie Johnson Jr.: Choosing Faith Over Fear
Atlantaยท 2024
TNT broadcaster Ernie Johnson Jr. ignored a lump out of fear. After his lymphoma diagnosis, he found that faith โ not denial โ was the true answer to terror.