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About
Books
Bibliography
Non-fiction
Fiction
Memoirs
Themes
Overview
Listening to Your Life
Faith Despite Doubt
Hope Through Grace
Searching for Meaning
Our Shared Story
The Meaning of 'Christian'
Sinners as Saints
Resources
Overview
Weekly Sermon Illustrations
Quote of the Day
Life's Challenges
Searchers
Pastors
Seminaries
Christians
Media
Video
Audio
Photos
Memes
Permission Request
The Buechner Review
Current edition ['24-'25]
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Repentance
October 8, 2024
Jaclyn O'Riley
Repentance
Jaclyn O'Riley
October 8, 2024

Repentance

Jaclyn O'Riley
October 8, 2024

TO REPENT IS TO COME TO YOUR SENSES. It is not so much something you do as something that happens. True repentance spends less time looking at the past and saying, "I'm sorry," than to the future and saying, "Wow!"

-Originally published in Wishful Thinking and later in Beyond Words


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