“Grace is the glue of healthy, life-giving connections with God and with others. It is foundational to the creation of deep and enduring attachments that help us grow increasingly secure in love.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“To become a disciple isn’t something you and I drift into. It is Someone we attach to.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“When we operate out of fear, our identity and behavior get “stuck”—miring us in compromise and false religion.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“Life has no meaning without the past and future; the present, without the past and the future, is the frozen moment. We all fight for the present, but if anything exists in time, that is the past and the future. Is it possible to measure the present? How long does it last? The present second is not the present: before we think about it, it becomes the future; when we think about it, it becomes the past, and the future becomes the past in the exact second. (This is a good argument about particles and waves since we cannot determine a particle’s exact position and momentum.) What time is there in the present? Only the Absolute is in the absolute present because the absolute present is timeless and spaceless. The present is eternity, and eternity is nothing.”
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“Grace is not an abstract theological concept—it is a relational reality that can be shared when people interact, face-to- face, in an ongoing relationship.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“For people who follow Jesus—actually, even for those who don’t— grace is foundational for everything. Specifically, for those who call themselves Christian, grace is the launch point for each
and every faith journey. It is how God loves, gives to, and guides us.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“When grace-filled relationships are the greatest joy in life, the artificial high that addictions bring lose their pull. Grace is not just something “nice.” It is essential for a healthy brain and life-giving relationships.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Three-in-One, is our model of holistic well-being. The Eternal “Us.” They model what we all long for as individuals and as a community.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“Life played God’s way is a relational sport. Played well, it volleys back and for the between the Trinity and us, between us and others. Discipleship has been given to the grace training we undergo; this implies that we are intentional about processes of learning, self-discipline, and life application as is led by God.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others
“Isn’t our goal to become increasingly like Jesus? We get to know the Master because we live with him. As apprentices you and I can’t have a relationship with Him just because we have read a book about his way of life. While I may admire the man, that is like saying I am like Winston Churchill just because I read one of his memoirs.”
Source: Becoming a Face of Grace: Navigating Lasting Relationship with God and Others