When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God himself was not exempt. Jesus offered no immunity, no way out of the unfairness, but rather a way through it to the other side.

All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness.

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

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.

Never do I see Jesus lecturing people on the need to accept blindness or lameness as an expression of God's secret will; rather, he healed them.

Prayer enters the pool of God's love and widens outward.