Dynamic Leadership Series Part 3
When have you needed to extend or receive forgiveness through a cross-cultural offense—and what did it teach you? Real leaders know the importance of maintaining healthy relationships. And all relationships require continual forgiveness.
Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch Christian who helped Jews escape the Nazis during World War II, is a powerful example of radical forgiveness. She and her family were arrested and Corrie spent time at two concentration camps. During that time her father and sister passed away. After release Ten Boom became an international evangelist, speaking about the power of God. Years later, as she shared in her memoir The Hiding Place, she was speaking in a church in Germany about forgiveness, and a former S.S. guard approached her after the message. He reached out for a handshake while thanking her for her words He didn’t remember her, but she definitely remembered him. Corrie froze. Everything in her human nature screamed no—but she asked Jesus for a power that is greater than her own.
It was not her own strength, but the power of God within her, that gave her what she lacked. In that moment, she reached out her hand, and the love of God allowed her to forgive beyond her own capacity.
Like Joseph, Corrie Ten Boom tapped into the divine to do what was humanly impossible. So can we. When we abide in Him, we bear fruit that lasts—across time, across pain, and across every cultural boundary. Culture clashes are inevitable. But forgiveness isn’t just personal—it’s powerful. To promote unity in diverse spaces, let’s be people who pause, pardon, and pursue peace.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
-John 15:5 ESV
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