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Ireland and England - 'time to put the hangover of history to bed and embrace the future'.
Ireland and England - 'time to put the hangover of history to bed and embrace the future'.

Forgiveness is not just a one-off event but a decision for a way of life. Whatever the deficiencies in our spiritual lives, the forgiveness muscle is not too far gone to benefit from a little strengthening.
Forgiveness is not just a one-off event but a decision for a way of life. Whatever the deficiencies in our spiritual lives, the forgiveness muscle is not too far gone to benefit from a little strengthening.

In Britain in the past year, unexpected responses to tragedy have caught the attention of the media, and have inspired many.

Occasionally some individual act that runs counter to perceived notions of human behaviour catches the public imagination and becomes widely acknowledged, even praised.

When a former member of the Hitler Youth spoke in a New York synagogue, a fractured family was reunited.

On the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, a tribute to the greatness of those who built the subsequent peace.

On the night of 14/15 November 1940 much of the city centre of Coventry, including the 14th-century cathedral, was destroyed. Yet, only six weeks after the bombing the cathedral’s provost, Dick Howard, did a BBC broadcast from the ruins asking the British people to say “No” to revenge and “Yes” to forgiveness.

New York Christians have raised money to rebuild a mosque in Afghanistan. It is a striking example of how religion can strengthen the human community.

In 1946 a group of Swiss, at great personal sacrifice, bought the rundown Caux Palace Hotel above Montreux as a place where the combatant nations of World War 11 could meet.

Does the old VCR suggest any life lessons for us, young and old, particularly before it becomes extinct? Is there a message in its well-worn keys?