The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God - who, after all, loves ornery creatures like us.

Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?

Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people... Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.

If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.