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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Forgive and Get Your Life Back

Dennis R. Maynard Β· 2001
68/100
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Reverend Maynard's pastoral experience is genuine and the theological distinction between forgiving and reconciling is one of the most practically useful ideas in the forgiveness literature. The problem is that editing issues β€” grammatical errors and minor contradictions β€” undercut what should be a clean, trust-building read. For clergy and workshop leaders already familiar with the material, it may still serve; for general readers, Luskin's Forgive for Good covers similar ground with tighter writing and clinical backing.

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