The very nature of marriage means saying yes before you know what it will cost. Though you may say the “I do” of the wedding ritual in all sincerity, it is the testing of that vow over time that makes you married.

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

I sense that striving for wholeness is, increasingly, a countercultural goal, as fragmented people make for better consumers.

Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.

For grace to be grace, it must give us things we didn't know we needed and take us places where we didn't know we didn't want to go. As we stumble through the crazily altered landscape of our lives, we find that God is enjoying our attention as never before.

If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.