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When You Bury the Hatchet, Don't Leave the Handle Sticking Out of the Ground

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When You Bury the Hatchet, Don't Leave the Handle Sticking Out of the Ground

How forgiveness goes wrong and what we can do to fix it.

Feb 18, 2021
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Actions vs Words

“Burying the hatchet” is a helpful image of forgiveness.

I imagine a Sioux Indian chief and a Colonel in the U.S. Cavalry meeting upon a hill on the southern plains. The Native American wielding his tomahawk and the officer, his pistol. Both parties represent warring factions that have been inflicting woun…

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