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To forgive is to forfeit the high ground. I may no longer stand over you, better than you. We are touched by the God-given grave of being equal again. That’s because central to forgiveness is the recognition that all people possess flaws, weaknesses, even evil. Recognizing our own imperfections is a path toward leniency toward…

Regard as trifling the great good you did to others, and as enormous the little good others did to you. –Talmud: Derech Eretz (Way of the Land) Reprinted from ‘A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,’ edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.

Three pastors were having lunch in a diner. One said “You know, ever since summer started, I’ve been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church. I’ve tried everything–noise, spray, cats–nothing seems to scare them away!” Another said “Yeah, me too. I’ve got hundreds living in my belfry and in the narthex…

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present. –Lillian Eichler Watson
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