Michael Barry provided the program last Wednesday, and told us about the Forgiveness Project.
Michael, who now lives in Kerrville, served in pastoral care at Cancer Treatment Centers of America. During his time there, he counseled numerous patients going through treatments, and found that there was a strong desire to make peace with God, themselves and others. Michael developed a curriculum to help patients forgive in order to heal, both physically and emotionally.
One of the methods to start the forgiveness process to write a letter to the person who has hurt you in some way. The letter is not meant to be sent, but the action of expressing your feelings as if you are talking to the person can be helpful. When forgiveness is achieved, it universally resulted in the feeling that a large weight had been lifted off the shoulders of those who forgave.
