Editorial December 28, 1998 Issue

Celebrate Christianity and forgive

Mary Metzner Trammell

You've probably spent some time celebrating Christianity lately. Maybe you and your family sang some Christmas carols. Or watched the story of Jesus' birth on television. Or maybe you simply wished someone a "Merry Christmas," like so many people did when I was in Japan a couple of Christmases ago.

All these are ways to recognize the one whose lifework launched the "Christian era." But there's another way. One that gets right to the heart of what Christ Jesus stood for. And that's ... to forgive someone.

Forgiveness can take many forms. You or I could, for instance, say "I forgive you," but still be roiling and boiling inside every time we think about the person we've forgiven.

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