Moving accounts of how individuals and groups who suffered crime and injustice have forgiven the offenders, and how former oppressors have apologized and atoned for their acts throughout the world. From World War II to the present moment of Northern Ireland and Bosnia, forgiveness leads to reconciliation and healing for victims and even for criminals. Inspirational introduction to a worldwide movement led by Nobel Peace Prize winners and clergy of all faiths.
MICHAEL HENDERSON is a freelance journalist and the author of ten books, the latest being "No Enemy To Conquer - Forgiveness in An Unforgiving World" and "See You After the Duration - the Story of British Evacuees to North America in World War II." He has been a TV presenter, a broadcaster and for more than fifty years worked for peace and understanding in some 25 countries.
In the autumn of 2000 he returned to Britain after 22 years in Oregon where he was president of the Portland branch of the English-Speaking Union and of the World Affairs Council of Oregon, as well as being on the board of the Oregon United Nations Association. He now lives in Westward Ho! North Devon. His latest articles are here for you to read and use.
Henderson's articles have appeared in papers across the US and other countries. Encouragement for his work has come from personalities as varied as Terry Waite and Zaki Badawi, George Will and Bill Moyers, Marian Wright Edelman and Georgie Anne Geyer, Philip Yancey and Mother Teresa. The Dalai Lama, Rajmohan Gandhi and Sir Martin Gilbert have done forewords for his books. He has received local and national awards.
He is associated with the worldwide program of Initiatives of Change (formerly known as MRA).
