At the intersection of the grace of God and the grit of life: where change happens!

gospel of grace

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,   to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,   which he will display at the proper [...]

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Five Minute Friday!  It is here again.  The weeks are flying!   What is it?  A chance to write for 5 minutes straight…and share it with you!  A chance to see what my voice is.  A chance to see what is in my heart.  The editing is minimal.  (I reread mine to be sure it [...]

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“The LORD passed before him and proclaimed,  “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,  keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty,  visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s [...]

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Go Tender-hearted We tend to start out that way.   Then we get jostled by life. Our hearts develop callouses… Here and there. Each represents the pain of being rubbed the wrong way.   People we thought were friends ridiculed, laughed. They weren’t laughing with us!   As we grew, our hearts toughened. “Don’t be [...]

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go I’m beginning to see the color of grace.  Bright, vivid, rich, bold! It is becoming more vivid and concrete. It used to seem abstract and often dull, even bland.   God gives the gift of redemption to those He wants. It isn’t based on whether we deserve it.  None of us do. It isn’t [...]

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