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Forgiveness is gut-wrenching, mind-bending, and plain awe-full work.

"I finally ask him... to explain the spoon. He answers me without looking, 'It's the weapon of a Christian.'" "It is a powerful weapon, an instrument of peace, a source of love and power, a means to Christ's end: feed my lambs. To use the power of a spoons is to employ every skill we possess as peacemakers at the table in the household of God."