Forgive Us Quotes

“When we fail to take seriously enough what our tribe has done to others, what its implications have been and are, and what steps are necessary to bring about reconciliation, we undermine the gospel we proclaim. The “good news” of the gospel is too often undermined by the bad news of evangelical behavior.”
― Mae Elise Cannon, Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith

“Godly grief does not paralyze with a pervasive sense of guilt. Rather, it identifies specific ways we have turned from God and offers a holy opportunity for the restoration of relationship with God, others, and the land by reconnecting our hearts to God’s heart and then to the hearts of those we have made to suffer. Godly grief leads to cleansing confession and repentance.”
― Mae Elise Cannon, Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith

“We see our hypocrisy and we repent. Our unexamined and unconfessed history prevents our full expression of and witness to the Christian message. The eyes of our hearts have not been enlightened, which in turn hinders our ability to enlighten the eyes of others. Our witness should begin with our own testimony and the example of our confession,”
― Mae Elise Cannon, Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith

“To go back and rehearse history, as painful as it may be, gives us the chance to face the actions and words of some that caused profound destruction in the lives of others. Then we enter a different space in which to live and love, serve and grow. Honest confession always allows new possibilities and responses to enter the scene. Out of such remembrance can come true repentance, and out of such repentance the possibility of God’s merciful reconciliation and healing. It is to this great end, through these deep waters, that we must pass.”
― Mae Elise Cannon, Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith