Getting Religion

I recently discovered a interesting and provocative web site called Get Religion. The subject matter is the press, news and entertainment media and their understanding of religious stories and issues (and their frequent misunderstanding of the same)

The writers review various stories from the main stream press, as well as local media outlets, and discuss the religious angles to stories that are misunderstood, not noticed, not fully explained, or misinterpreted. They also occasionally note a reporter who got something right!

IMHO, the site is worth a regular reading. I expect to be frequently linking to their stuff.
    

Unforgiveness is Like Cancer

A touching story about the power of forgiveness at Love thy neighbor @ GetReligion. It tells of a woman named Mary who learned to forgive the man who shot her son.  The best and most significant quote to me is the following statement:

“Unforgiveness is like cancer,” Mary says. “It will eat you from the inside out. It’s not about that other person, me forgiving him does not diminish what he’s done. Yes, he murdered my son - but the forgiveness is for me. It’s for me.”

 Read the whole story at the link above.