Grace is heartfelt, tinged with love, a spillover gift of the God who extended undeserved favor toward us.

There is an "offense" to the Gospel no matter how graciously we present it. It includes the message that God, not humanity, is the ultimate judge of right and wrong, and that the choices we make here have eternal consequences.

Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.

One of the things I found is that the things we want to say for well-intentioned motives often cause more harm than good. People don't need our words. They mainly need our presence, they need our love. And if you come in too quickly with explanations, you may do more harm than good.

Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.

On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death.

People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.