Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift

Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most.

Grace has a way of sneaking up on you like that. When you least deserve it.

Music is a vehicle that propels me and so many other people toward a place we might call grace.

Trying to explain or define grace is like catching the wind in a cardboard box or describing the color green.

Grace doesn't obsess with ourselves. It obsesses with people and with brokenness. This is a hard place to live, but God is bigger than hard places to live.

Laughter is grace in its gaseous form.

Good morning, God. Another beautiful day. I'm still here, and so is the sun. Thank you. Right, now let's get down to business.

Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.

A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows - his own.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

Lucia opened the door. "They say not to discuss politics and religion on the first

To let the gospel of Jesus shape how we work means to heed the influence of both the psychological idols within our hearts as well as the sociological idols in our culture and profession.

First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.

Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

You're the only one who can decide what's best for you.

I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.