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    The daunting call to radical forgiveness

    I struggle with forgiveness. Oh, on the whole I tend not to hold grudges, tend to move on, tend not to let the poison of anger eat away at me for long.   But I nonetheless sometimes find forgiveness a problem. I continue at times to live with a desire for retribution. This is true of my feelings for the terrorists who murdered my nephew on 9/11 and — though I am not equating the situations — … ...

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