people have not come to grips with the forgiveness of God and the implications of that forgiveness. TAKING HOSTAGES We are all painfully aware of what it means for somebody to be taken hostage. We are outraged when the news of such an atrocity reaches us. And yet when we refuse to forgive others (or ourselves, for that matter), there is a sense in which we hold them hostage. Let me explain. When a person is taken hostage on the international scene, the abductors usually want something. It may be money,