(photo: Sherburne County, Minnesota (USA), Tom Delaney, 2025) And just like that...it's winter here in Central Minnesota. The snow fell overnight while a stiff wind blew from the north that shook the forest. Fittingly, today's Liturgy of the Word includes the beautiful canticle from Daniel (Chapter 3) and ... Cold and chill, bless the Lord;Praise … Continue reading “New Things” in Theology Point to the Science of Mental Health
Tyler VanderWeele
Harvard Catholic Forum Hosts Tyler VanderWeele: A Theology of Health
(photo: Harvard University, 2025) Join the Harvard Divinity School online for Professor VanderWeele's book talk on A Theology of Health tomorrow, November 13th, at 5:30 PM ET. Register to attend here: https://www.harvardcatholicforum.org/event/book-talk%3A-a-theology-of-health. If your parish or faith community is seeking a deeper experience of forgiveness, healing, mercy, and spiritual renewal, Live and Forgive is here … Continue reading Harvard Catholic Forum Hosts Tyler VanderWeele: A Theology of Health
Forgiveness: Receiving and Giving God’s Grace
(photo: Tom Delaney, Sherburne County, Minnesota, 2025) "Frost and cold, bless the Lord!" (Daniel 3:69) Yesterday morning we woke up to our first frost of this autumn here in on the oak savanna in Central Minnesota. The pastures were white and silver that tuned to a brilliant gold as the rising sun cast it's first … Continue reading Forgiveness: Receiving and Giving God’s Grace
Pope Leo Explains the Resurrection as Cause and Model for Forgiveness
(photo: Edgar Beltran, 2025) Pope Leo XIV had important things to say about forgiveness in his General Audience on Wednesday of this week. His remarks linked forgiveness to the example of Jesus Christ when he appeared to the disciples after his resurrection (John 20:19-31), and how Jesus appears without anger or desire for revenge, but … Continue reading Pope Leo Explains the Resurrection as Cause and Model for Forgiveness
Moral Distress & Moral Injury in Forgiveness
(photo: Скорбящая Mать, Sergey Cherny, 2012) Forgiveness models and processes often involve moral distress and moral injury a person has experienced, including in practicing a forgiveness process in small groups and guided retreats. Having good definitions of moral distress and moral injury and an understanding of their relationship can improve the quality of forgiveness processes … Continue reading Moral Distress & Moral Injury in Forgiveness
Divine Forgiveness: From Faith to Science and Back Again
(photo: Vatican Media, September 24, 2025) Pope Leo XIV addressed the topic of divine redemption today in his general audience. Divine redemption is an important concept and principle linked to divine forgiveness - i.e. forgiveness of our transgressions by God. Divine forgiveness is an important topic within forgiveness research because many people in general are … Continue reading Divine Forgiveness: From Faith to Science and Back Again
Understanding Moral Distress & Moral Injury in the Forgiveness Process
(photo: Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University, 2025) I started Live and Forgive as I completed a program in forgiveness education for faith leaders in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. Dr. Tyler VanderWeele is the director of the program, and with colleague Dr. Jennifer Wortham, recently proposed improved definitions of moral distress and moral … Continue reading Understanding Moral Distress & Moral Injury in the Forgiveness Process
Forgiving Makes More Forgiveness
(photo: Prairie Deer Mouse by Tom Delaney, Sherburne County, Minnesota, 2025) An important part of my day is the time I spend in our stable, hay shed, and on our pastures. Regularly doing some outdoor work caring for animals and little ecosystems like pastures, keeps gives me a daily connection to nature and the proverbial … Continue reading Forgiving Makes More Forgiveness
Forgiveness in Elder Flourishing
(photo by Tom Delaney, Sherburne County, Minnesota, 2025) This is the time of year when the Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) is in bloom and we can see all kinds of pollinators busily working the flowers. As you can see in the photo, it’s an amazing sight of coexistence, not to mention that you may be … Continue reading Forgiveness in Elder Flourishing
Forgiveness, Flourishing & Mental Health
Live and Forgive was developed by presenter and facilitator Tom Delaney as part of his completion of forgiveness studies in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University. The REACH forgiveness model and process researched by Everett Worthington and Tyler VanderWeele is core content for Live and Forgive presentations, guided retreats. and small group series. The … Continue reading Forgiveness, Flourishing & Mental Health
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