A Clean Slate with Rev Cassandra Rae - a podcast by CSL Whiterock

There is a natural human tendency to judge, criticize, blame, and shame people who cause harm. In the world right now there are a lot of harms coming into the light. Individually and collectively we are at a choice point: Will we retaliate or reconnect? In The Book of Forgiving Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu teach us that we can choose forgiveness instead of retaliation; we can choose to heal instead of harm.   

In this book, the authors provide you with activities to bring forgiveness into your heart and life. At the end of chapter 1 on page 29 they assign the activity called “Carrying the Stone.” Essentially you carry a palm-sized stone in your non-dominant hand for an entire morning about six hours! Don’t set it down for any reason during this time.  

Then they provide you with some questions for reflection: What did you notice about carrying the stone? Did it hinder any of your activities? Was it ever useful? In what ways was carrying the stone like carrying an unforgiven hurt? Finally, make a list of the people you need to forgive in your life and make another list of all those you would like to have forgive you.

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