The Road To Forgiveness: Hearts Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love [Hardcover]

Bill Griffiths (Author), Cindy Griffiths (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2001

The Road to Forgiveness is the story of how Cindy and Bill Griffiths came to forgive-and eventually befriend-the woman who, while driving drunk, killed their daughter, Robyn, and Cindy's mother, Janice, in a horrible automobile accident in June 1996. It is a moving, first-person account of the transforming work God can do in the midst of tragedy.

Readers will be inspired to examine their own lives, and to follow this powerful, true example of letting love and mercy triumph-even in the face of tragedy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Illustrated. edition (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785266917
• ISBN-13: 978-0785266914
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,492,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where are your accusers?, May 19, 2001

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Dennis O'Dowd (Glen Cove, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Road To Forgiveness: Hearts Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love (Hardcover)

This heart wrenching true story pulls no punches as the authors relate the story of how their mother (in-law) and their eleven year old daughter were simultaneously killed by a drunk driver in a tragic car crash. The husband-wife author team trade perspectives as they recount the story and eventually come to a fork in the road of their own lives in choosing how to channel their grief and try to make sense out of this senseless tragedy. Should they embrace conventional philosophy and demand the all out prosecution of the DWI driver? This story tells how the couple's faith in God kept them going after the tragedy and led them down the road that is truly less travelled...the road of love and restoration that risked alienating them from dear family members...the road that led them to pursue a redemptive outcome from their grevious loss...the road that Jesus Himself chose when He cried out "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do"...The Road to Forgiveness.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reader From New Hampshire, July 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Road To Forgiveness: Hearts Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love (Hardcover)

Once I picked up The Road To Forgiveness at our local bookstore, I couldn't put it down. Bill and Cindy Griffiths, having lost an eleven year old daughter and Cindy's mother in a car accident, through their faith, understanding and love were able to forgive and change the life of the American Native woman that was the cause of the crash, while driving under the influence of alchohol. They take the reader on an amazing journey, one that I will try with all my being, now and in the future to emulate. Certainly one of the great examples of true Christianity/Judiasm I have ever read. Bravo, my hat's off to them. It had to have taken an enormous amount of determination and courage to write such a heart rendering piece of literature.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life-changing, July 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Road To Forgiveness: Hearts Shattered by Tragedy, Transformed by Love (Hardcover)

In short, The Road to Forgiveness has changed my life. I would recommend it to anyone dealing with their own or someone elses anger and hatred. Pastors will find it a useful tool in counseling anyone who needs to forgive anyone of anything.