The smaller you get-the smaller life makes you-the easier it is to see the grandeur of grace. While I am far more incapable than I may have initially thought, God is infinitely more capable than I ever hoped.

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"

The cross [is] the ultimate statement of God's involvement in the world on this side of heaven.

Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.

Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.

When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness.