Occasionally I’m asked, why call it The Nonviolent Gospel Network? Well let me try and answer that.

Over the last decade there has been a remarkable awakening among Christians who have found themselves re-examining the faith they inherited. This movement has often been called “deconstruction”, though that word now covers all sorts of different journeys.

We hear a lot today about the psychological benefits of forgiveness, and rightly so. Therapists, counsellors and neuroscientists have shown how bitterness and resentment slowly eat away at us. Carrying anger for a long time shapes the way we see other people, and eventually even how we see ourselves. It drains us, turns us inward and keeps old wounds alive, often in ways that are difficult to notice while it is happening.