Jesus's understanding of forgiveness was so radical because he did not need people to repent before he accepted them. He did not require a change in behavior before he loved, respected, and related to them. Yet, it was precisely this unconditional love and forgiveness...
It is important for [African American] women engaged in the process of self-recovery to examine the way in which harsh critique was used to ‘check’ and police our behavior so that we can examine the extent to which we relate similarly to others. … To heal our wounds,...
God is not a being to whom beings can relate; God is rather "being itself." God is not a noun that needs to be defined. God is a verb that needs to be lived. from Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today
Sometimes our healing happens when we change the way we relate to the things that will not change.