June 7th, 2007

"If on the bottom line of our lives lies the principle that we should get what we deserve, whether good or ill, forgiveness will sit uncomfortably with us. To forgive is to give people more than their due, it's to release them from the debt they have incurred, and that's bound to mess up the books."
- Miroslav Volf, "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace" (p 203)