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Starting Again · Day 205

The Apology That Never Uses the Word

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23–24 · BSB

An hour after the argument, someone puts the kettle on and asks if you want a cup of tea, and that is the whole apology. Sometimes it's a joke at dinner that lets everyone pretend nothing happened. You might have learned this from a father who never once said the word, but who would make you a bacon sandwich the morning after he'd shouted and slide it across the table without looking up.

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