The Most Rev. Melissa Skelton

Remorse

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“Remorse is a royal road to profound grace and fullness of joy for anyone who recognizes this simple truth: 'I did this thing, and I should not have done it.'" This exquisite sentence from the preface of Crippen's book was enough to make me want to plunge into my own experiences of remorse in the light of Crippen's approach. Learning about "feeling sorry," "thinking sorry," "saying sorry," and "doing sorry" was both helpful and authentic. And, as the author suggests, joy awaits us along this road.”