Forgiveness Culture

The antithesis to cancel culture

Thu 6 Apr 2023

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Have you heard about the latest celebrity to get cancelled? I could say their name, but by the time you hear this, it's probably now someone else!

Cancel culture is everywhere today. But what about forgiveness culture? We don't see much of that.

And yet, wouldn't we be richer as a culture if we practised forgiveness?

Forgiveness doesn't mean turning a blind eye to injustice, or putting the onus on the victim to repair the situation.

But it will mean taking steps towards reconciliation that might be costly.

For me, Jesus is the model of this—whose death demonstrates that God takes justice seriously; but who also offers me forgiveness,

as His death cancels a debt I could never repay,

which is the kind of cancel culture I can get behind.

With

Andrew Laird

Andrew works for Third Space in Canberra and directs Life@Work – an initiative aimed at connecting Christian faith with daily work. In his years working as a journalist, then mentor and spiritual advisor to working professionals, Andrew Laird has seen first-hand the challenges many face in bringing their ‘whole selves’ to work. He’s the author of I am what I do: Reshaping our understanding of self and work and Under Pressure.