Reflections on Atonement

Beyond Forgiveness: Sharing Stories and Taking Action for Atonement

Welcome to this site for sharing stories, educating and inspiring each other to take action for atonement.

Atonement goes beyond forgiveness, and can act as the missing link between simple forgiveness and true reconciliation. Atonement is an act that rights a wrong, makes amends, repairs harm, offers restitution, clears the conscience, and takes the vital next step from forgiveness to full reconciliation.

Explore this site and learn more about healing the past and restoring balance in our lives and world through atonement. Share your story and discover the stories of others. Learn about atonement, how it works, and why. Take action in your own life and community to bring balance and resolution to your life.

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Following the loss of his only son Tariq in 1995 to a senseless, gang-related murder, Azim Khamisa chose the path of forgiveness and compassion rather than revenge and bitterness. He carries an inspirational message of forgiveness, peace and hope into a world in desperate need of each. The founder of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, in Southern California, Azim Khamisa lectures frequently to school children about about the realities of violence and gangs, and the importance forgiveness and making positive choices. Read on as he shares a story on nurturing empathy.

The Requirements for Reconciliation

by Azim N. Khamisa

by Stories

There’s no reconciliation without a complete healing process. I teach that empathy leads to compassion, compassion leads to forgiveness, forgiveness leads to atonement. These qualities are prerequisites for real reconciliation. You can’t have empathy for…