The moment of confession is not merely when one hears another pronounce the words: God forgives you, or ‘in God’s name I absolve you.’ Rather it is that point at which the sinner unfeignedly experiences...

Sins that have been completely absolved on one occasion sometimes on other occasions cannot be completely forgotten or set aside. They may continue to have a ripple effect. But it is comforting to realize that...

While the memory of guilt is far from pleasant (like ‘wormwood and gall’), it has the curative intent of restoring us into an awareness of the constancy of God’s love, new every morning. God’s mercy...

Before whom am I guilty? Myself and my gods. But before God? I would be guilty before God IF God had not disclosed himself as forgiving, taking my place, rendering a verdict of pardon upon...