What About Forgiveness?

Video of Brandt Jean's profound extension of forgiveness to Amber Guyger during his brother Botham's murder trial has gone viral. Rightly so. But, some have lamented that the boys' mother Allison Jean's response to her son's murder should have done so as well. And yet it hasn't. That's a shame, because Mother Jean was pretty incredible. Like her son, she spoke with a bearing and strength that I only flatter myself to think I'd be capable of in a similar situation. But whereas Brandt spoke eloquently about grace, Mother Jean gave a bracing amen-and-hallelujah sermon on justice. Both are essential to a Christian understanding of forgiveness.