Comments on: Choosing forgiveness and grace over hate and revenge http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:53:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Comments I had missed http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33748 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Comments I had missed Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:10:39 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33748 [...] In reviewing my Akismet suspected spam messages this evening I caught several comments that were incorrectly held in my moderation queue– most notable among them were South African educator Kobus van Wyk’s comment to my post “Choosing forgiveness and grace over hate and revenge” about the processes of reconciliation in South Africa including the Khanya project, and Scott McCleod’s reference on my post “MySpace defamation suit highlights important issues” to his post “Are principals ‘public figures?’” [...] [...] In reviewing my Akismet suspected spam messages this evening I caught several comments that were incorrectly held in my moderation queue– most notable among them were South African educator Kobus van Wyk’s comment to my post “Choosing forgiveness and grace over hate and revenge” about the processes of reconciliation in South Africa including the Khanya project, and Scott McCleod’s reference on my post “MySpace defamation suit highlights important issues” to his post “Are principals ‘public figures?’” [...]

]]> By: Kobus van Wyk http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33661 Kobus van Wyk Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33661 In South Africa we have become masters in the art of asking for and granting forgiveness. So many people were wronged in the past and have graciously forgiven those who wronged them. Likewise, many proud, privileged people were treating their fellow humans with little dignity, at times with cruelty, and had to humble themselves to beg for forgiveness. This took place on a personal level, and through the Peace and Reconciliation process, was often done in public. However, there is also another process of forgiveness taking place: on a group level. Whereas individuals might not have wronged others, there is still the element of group accountability. While there may not be a formal asking and granting of forgiveness, actions of restitution, reconstruction and equalisation are implied forms of asking for forgiveness. Among the many efforts in this regard is the Khanya project, where technology is made available (by the previous "haves") to the the millions who do not have. It is a privilege to be involved in a such a noble project, with no profit motive, to level the playing field. A visit to www.khanya.co.za will give you more information on how the lives of more than half a millon previously disadvantaged children have been affected, by a group of about one hundred people who are seeking to right the wrongs of the past. In South Africa we have become masters in the art of asking for and granting forgiveness. So many people were wronged in the past and have graciously forgiven those who wronged them. Likewise, many proud, privileged people were treating their fellow humans with little dignity, at times with cruelty, and had to humble themselves to beg for forgiveness.

This took place on a personal level, and through the Peace and Reconciliation process, was often done in public.

However, there is also another process of forgiveness taking place: on a group level. Whereas individuals might not have wronged others, there is still the element of group accountability. While there may not be a formal asking and granting of forgiveness, actions of restitution, reconstruction and equalisation are implied forms of asking for forgiveness.

Among the many efforts in this regard is the Khanya project, where technology is made available (by the previous “haves”) to the the millions who do not have. It is a privilege to be involved in a such a noble project, with no profit motive, to level the playing field. A visit to http://www.khanya.co.za will give you more information on how the lives of more than half a millon previously disadvantaged children have been affected, by a group of about one hundred people who are seeking to right the wrongs of the past.

]]> By: Rob Jacklin http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33625 Rob Jacklin Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:20:23 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/09/choosing-forgiveness-and-grace-over-hate-and-revenge/#comment-33625 How incredible it was to see the title of this blog entry come across my aggregator...Grace...Fogiveness....now that's not something I'm used to reading in my rss headlines. How refreshing. It is so easy to separate Good Friday and Easter from our professional lives (I know some teachers have to do that), but this is where they go so well together. This is where being a parochial school teacher is to my advantage :-) We can put cyberbullying, inappropriate blog posts, virtual threats and there impact on people into another context What a timely topic. It shows that the problems of the world don't go just because they are digital. Forgiveness in cyberspace is needed just as much as it is in real life. How about that for a blog title: Cyber-Forgiveness? Thanks for the great work and for the link to the Forgiveness project. I can use that in my classes next Monday! Would still like to do a Skypecast on religious education and the internet. Let me know when you have some free moments Rob How incredible it was to see the title of this blog entry come across my aggregator…Grace…Fogiveness….now that’s not something I’m used to reading in my rss headlines. How refreshing. It is so easy to separate Good Friday and Easter from our professional lives (I know some teachers have to do that), but this is where they go so well together.

This is where being a parochial school teacher is to my advantage :-) We can put cyberbullying, inappropriate blog posts, virtual threats and there impact on people into another context

What a timely topic. It shows that the problems of the world don’t go just because they are digital. Forgiveness in cyberspace is needed just as much as it is in real life. How about that for a blog title: Cyber-Forgiveness?

Thanks for the great work and for the link to the Forgiveness project. I can use that in my classes next Monday!

Would still like to do a Skypecast on religious education and the internet. Let me know when you have some free moments

Rob

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