Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.
Miroslav VolfThere is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.
Miroslav VolfIf no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not a victim and its perpetrator is not a perpetrator; both are misperceived because the suffering of the one and the violence of the other go unseen. A double injustice occurs-the first when the original deed is done and the second when it disappears.
Miroslav VolfEvery word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of Godโs life in us.
Miroslav Volf