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Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace

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Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace 10/18/2009
Vision and Values – ABC
Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Beginning October 18 through December, 2009, ABC stations across the US will be airing a documentary I produced about forgiveness. Even though the Acholi people of Northern Uganda were living in a war zone, they can teach the rest of the world a lesson about forgiveness. More than 300,000 people were packed into camps for safety. Despite all this, the Acholi people are ready to forgive the rebels who caused them so much pain.

They have a tradition known as Mato Oput or “drinking the bitter herbs.” When two parties come together and taste the bitter herb, they sense each others pain. Then, the broken relationship is restored. Join us for an hour-long trip into faith, forgiveness and reconciliation, an African story of grace.

Visit http://www.interfaithbroadcasting.com/vv.aspx for more information or air date and time in your area. ABC stations have a window in which to broadcast this program through December 2009.

Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace is a production of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America www.elca.org/readytoforgive for the National Council of Churches and the Interfaith Broadcast Commission.

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    timfrakes

    This comment came in from Houston, Tx…

    I couldn’t sleep so got up and turned on the tv. Here in Houston, KTRK, the local ABC station, showed “Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace” from 3 to 4AM. After watching, I immediately wrote the Local ABC station asking them to please try to get it shown when most people are actually UP and watching TV.

    I then wrote the National ABC station asking them to show it during Primetime, like maybe on 20/20 or an ABC Special or something. So many people here in America need to see that. There is so much violence, anger, and hate here with, I think probably much of it as a result from years of abuse when young.

    This documentary really shows and explains how forgiveness changes things, changes lives. It even tells HOW to forgive a few times throughout the story. One example of where I feel yall TOLD us HOW to do it, is through the little boy saying to “just pray”.

    The girl on the motorcycle and the girl with her picture on your website home page… saying how forgiveness changes people… changed THEM, and then saying HOW to do it. I needed to hear that because I have never known HOW to make the anger and hate go away that has seemed to own me for so many years no matter how much I prayed to quit feeling so angry inside and feeling so much hate towards men for so many years. I have been stuffing it and trying to hold it in for so many years but hated how I felt.

    I believe God got me up to see that. I believe He had me see it on purpose. Anyway, thank you for making it. When I get my next check, I am going to order a copy. But now, I want yall to pray that God goes before those emails I sent, and really touches the hearts or something in the people who read them….. so they will get it put on tv nation wide, when people are most likely to be up, awake, and watching. The girl is right in that video. God CAN change the world with that video !!
    Again, thank you.

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