FROM THE EDITORS January 1, 2007 Issue

PATHS TO FORGIVENESS

WE LEARN TO FORGIVE AS WE UNDERSTAND HOW GOD LOVES, GIVES, AND FORGIVES.

AFTER ELEVEN YEARS as a staff writer with The Christian Science Monitor, the last three reporting from Africa, Abe McLaughlin, along with Monitor staff photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman, gave a talk illustrated with photographs on "Africa After War: Paths to Forgiveness." Speaking November 14 in The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity in Boston, McLaughlin described how war-ravaged African nations are seeking reconciliation and ways to redress past atrocities, as well as healing and the ability to move forward.