Steven McDonald’s Story by Johann Christoph Arnold - Plough
Feb 26, 2013 · Detective Steven McDonald of the New York City Police Department who died January 10, 2017, was shot in the line of duty in 1986 and paralyzed from the neck down. Confined to a wheelchair and breathing machine, he forgave his teenage assailant. This is his story, as told in Johann Christoph Arnold’s book Why Forgive?.
Why I Forgave by Steven McDonald - Plough
Jan 8, 2017 · Dear Steven McDonald, I can understand you better why you forgave the teenager who shot you.Yes the anger is wasted emotion. You could not hate those young people , because you faith in God. You just feel sorry for them. You love your enemy. The forgiveness is really about our own healing. And you broke the cycle of the violence through ...
God’s Cop: A Tribute to Steven McDonald: Friend, Hero, Saint
Mar 24, 2017 · Detective Steven McDonald of the New York City Police Department, who died January 10, was shot in the line of duty in 1986 and paralyzed from the neck down. Confined to a wheelchair and dependent on a ventilator to breathe, he forgave his teenage assailant. I first met Steven McDonald in the studio of a national TV talk show.
Why Forgive? by Johann Christoph Arnold with a foreword by …
Foreword by Steven D. McDonald 3.81 Stars on Goodreads Read Reviews. Read these stories of forgiveness from people who have earned the right to talk about overcoming hurt, and about the peace of mind they have found in doing so.
1. Detective Steven McDonald tells his story, including his decision to forgive the young man who shot him. He writes that everyone seemed astounded by his decision. Put yourself in his shoes. Would you forgive the shooter? 2. Now put yourself in the shoes of his fellow officers. Would you be taken aback by Steven’s actions? 3.
Family and Friends Issue 12: Why the Death Penalty Must Die
Mar 2, 2017 · A Tribute to Steven McDonald: Friend, Hero, Saint. Detective Steven McDonald was shot in the line of duty in 1986 and paralyzed from the neck down. Confined to a wheelchair and dependent on a ventilator to breathe, he forgave his teenage assailant. Read his remarkable story. Continue Reading
The Courage to Forgive: An Interview with Hashim Garrett and
Jan 12, 2016 · Afterward, as I was describing the event to a colleague, it suddenly struck me that the reason I couldn’t imagine how Steven McDonald forgave the shooter was because I myself had someone I needed to forgive, but couldn’t: my mother. Throughout my childhood, my mother was a raging alcoholic. As a six-year-old, I would watch her throwing ...
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Acclaim - Plough
There’s no bitter-ness anymore – I’ve moved on with my life.”. As Glenn’s life (and countless others) shows, forgiving always involves the conscious decision to stop hating, because hating can never help. Contrary to the simplistic proverb “forgive and forget,” however, it does not neces-sarily require forgetting.
Can We Forgive Like Jesus? by Johann Christoph Arnold - Plough
Apr 13, 2022 · Steven McDonald, a close friend of mine and a New York City police officer, stopped to question three youths in Central Park one day in 1986. He was shot and paralyzed from the neck down. Steven had been married less than a year, and his wife was two months pregnant. Steven forgave his attacker, and in so doing found peace and purpose in his life.
Christian de Chergé: a Story of Forgiveness - Plough
Jan 10, 2015 · Amazingly, de Chergé had written a letter forgiving his persecutors in advance. Through James Christensen, the prior of a Trappist monastery in Rome, I recently learned of a remarkable story of someone who not only forgave his persecutors, but did so before the fact. In May 1996, the GIA, a radical Muslim faction active in Algeria, kidnapped ...