I would far rather convey grace than explain it.
Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.
Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.
There is but one true Giver in the universe; all else are debtors.
If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.
A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.