{"id":6,"date":"2006-10-16T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-16T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2006\/10\/turning-other-cheek.html"},"modified":"2006-10-16T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-16T18:18:00","slug":"turning-other-cheek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2006\/10\/turning-other-cheek.html","title":{"rendered":"Turning the other cheek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, the smears are beginning.  A call this afternoon from a DC gossip columnist who was called by a Republican finance person alleging I had done something wrong to him five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>All I wanted to do was fight back &#8211; to defend myself and preserve my &#8220;reputation.&#8221;  But then I made a quick decision: I called the columnist and said that I apologized and I was wrong.  Do I remember the situation?  Nope.  Does that matter?  Probably not.  I am called to be reconciled to my brother and that person, whoever he is, is my brother.  And so I am sorry.  It felt amazingly freeing actually.  <\/p>\n<p>Crazy, huh?  I keep being reminded that Jesus really did know what he was talking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, the smears are beginning. A call this afternoon from a DC gossip columnist who was called by a Republican finance person alleging I had done something wrong to him five years ago. 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