Sentences with phrase «write about grace»

The objection that is always raised when I write about grace this way is this: Won't people take advantage of this kind of grace?

I am attending seminary and love to study the Bible and so my enjoyment of the Bible leads me to write about the grace of God, the unconditional love, and how a person can gain eternal life.

Those of us who are saved by grace, teach grace, write about grace, proclaim grace, and have «grace» in the names of our churches and ministries, are some of the least gracious people that exist.

In my past (very recent past) I have spent a lot of time talking, speaking, and writing about grace, and very little time showing it or living it.

Not exact matches

Allan Fotheringham, whose writing graced the back page of this magazine for 27 years, has complained forever about the ludicrous situation where the head of state of this juvenile country lives far away across a large ocean.

Grace is a middle aged woman who writes about the challenges of saving for retirement and minimizing debt late in life, with a middle class income.

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

I turn to writer Flannery O'Connor, who, though she never wrote stories about the consecrated or even ostensibly Catholic life, had a great deal to say concerning the intersection of invisible and visible, of grace and nature.

He modifies what he wrote in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we received by the grace of God: He says this life is also (1) through faith, (2) is not of yourselves, (4) it is a gift of God, and (3) is not by works.

and Deeper Story — writes about her adventures in following Jesus with consistent wit, vulnerability, color, and grace.

Over at iMonk last week, Chaplain Mike wrote a lovely post about how, after a period of wandering through the denominational wilderness, he found a home in an ELCA Lutheran church «with a simple liturgy, wonderful music, a healthy and grounded pastor, a hospitable congregation, and an emphasis on Christ, grace, vocation, and other Lutheran essentials that answered questions I had been turning over in my mind for years in my evangelical settings.»

Jeremy, you could write a novel, without any thing illicit being said or done, as Lewis did, about a man who found ways to talk about Jesus (Gods Grace you know what I mean) over and against the forces surrounding him.

Maybe those of us who talk and write a lot about grace should follow the example of non-believers (and Jesus) and start living grace before we ever start to talk about grace with others.

As I have written before, words reveal truths about who we are in nature and in grace, and as such, we believe a falsehood about our nature when we embrace a gay identity, or when we believe that anyone has an «orientation» toward the same sex.

Of course, I can not write about faith or grace without mentioning Jesus Christ.

• «What Nostra Aetate failed to do was to tell the truth about the essence of God's Grace and Mercy, the truth about our Salvation,» writes a reader of our weblog First Thoughts, responding to something I'd written about our Jewish brethren.

As I was writing What's So Amazing About Grace?

It's pretty bad when, despite all our Bible study, prayer, and theological reading and writing, we have to learn about grace from those who don't believe in God, who have been kicked out of our churches, and who feel only judgment and condemnation from us.

He wrote appreciative statements about Schleiermacher, he allowed that Schleiermacher might be interpreted as a theologian of the Holy Spirit, he emphasized the humanity of God in contrast to the Wholly Other, he called human beings «covenant - partners of God,» and he looked for «parables» of grace and truth in non-Christian religions and ideologies.

Up until a few months ago, the entire focus of my life was to read, write, study, teach, and talk about grace.

This is a great chapter for all the pastors and church leaders and Christians out there who like to talk and write and teach a lot about grace, but don't really show grace in their lives, ministries, and churches.

I remembered Brennan Manning — the man who has translated the love of God in a way that I could receive it more than probably any other writer — was addicted to alcohol and I re-read up one of his last books before he died: «All is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir» where he vulnerably writes about what this battle has cost him, even as he experienced the unending and unconditional love of God in the midst of it, how he experienced regret and pain and loss alongside of the love and tenderness of God in this dependency.

I am a rag - tag Christian myself, I borrow heavily from other traditions than my own, I learn and appreciate and welcome many expressions of faith, and Brian McLaren writes about the big gorgeous wide - open tent of Christian spirituality, and how we can cross these boundaries and false demarcations boldly, with grace.

Whether he's writing about politics, Pentecostal spirituality, or women in leadership, Jonathan always writes with wisdom, conviction, and grace.

But in the mornings, I want to write about the gloriousness of the mundane life, the wonder of all of us walking each other home for another day, the holiness of how we all save each other, every day, we are sacred in our daily rhythms, this is the life we're living and it's right now, and so put the coffee on, there is grace for all of us, there is something holy in just waking up to start all over again, new.

Christy Gualtieri writes a blog for RELEVANT about the show Intervention and what it can show us about God's relentless pursuit of us and His grace.

By the way, if you want to know more about this Google tool, I will eventually write a post on Grace Blogger about how to use it to make you a better blogger.

I have written a lot about grace on this site.

I occasionally write posts about what I'm learning about grace here — http://www.mirrorofglory.blogspot.com

He writes eloquently about grace.

In the book, she writes about her journey away from the upward mobility trend of modern American, and down into the grime of life where, as it turns out, life is beautiful and full of wonder, glory, and grace.

Justin Lee: Justin manages to write about being a gay Christian in America with the sort of patience, openness, and grace that will astound you.

My friend, Grace Biskie, wrote a powerful all - in essay about her experience as a black woman at STORY.

And while making the point about God's gifts to us, she sees the sacramental message that is written into creation itself: «Food is and always will be a sign built into the order of creation, physical nourishment that illuminates and spiritual nourishment we receive in Holy Communion... the more we see food in that light — the more we see it as a perpetual sign of God's goodness and love — the more fully we can understand the Eucharist as a holy and tremendous sacrifice in which love and gift, grace and life are bound up together.»

Most of all, those membership fees help this site stay up and running, and enable me to keep writing and teaching so that others around the world can hear about the grace and love of God in Jesus Christ.

I thought Grace wrote a brave and honest chapter about sexual abuse.

Not only must she receive unheard - of personal favors and spiritual graces from her Saviour, but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally, and use her expertness to give instruction to those less privileged.

However, I believe it was the Lord that scattered the electrons in my writings about Rob Bell — I needed more time to think more clearly and write with grace and discernment (and you can read what I wrote here).

Hännah writes about growing up in a large homeschooling family, her experiences with Christian patriarchy and SGM, and the freedom she's found in the intersection of feminist discourse and grace - centered Christianity.

Indeed you are right about God's grace and love, somehing that I have expereinced powerfully through the words you have written.

Last October I wrote about a Kitchen Casserole Class at Grace - Marie's Kitchen and gave you the recipe for Reisling Chicken and Mushroom Casserole.

Still, whether we're the «good mommy» that Ayelet Waldman wrote about in Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace — the mom who «remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children... and enjoys all their games» — or just a good - enough mommy, we all know what being a mom involves.

She writes at Me, Mothering, and Making it All Work about navigating an authentic parenting, conscious living, military family journey with as much grace as she can manage.

While we're on the topic of nighttime parenting, here is something Steph from Grace For My Sheep wrote about sleep training.

Lana recently started writing about her musings on parenting at Goodness, Grace and Gratitude (http://www.goodnessgraceandgratitude.com/), as she navigates through a new territory of hospital visits, a whirlwind of feelings and in finding compassion as she battles breast cancer, a disease that her mom succumbed to at age 49.

On Sept. 15, Gillibrand wrote to her supporters about New York House candidate Grace Meng, who if elected will be the first Asian - American elected to Congress from New York.

He has interviewed dozens of those at the centre and writes about the relationship between Cameron and Clegg, the Lib Dem fall from grace over tuition fees, the «surprise» of Lansley's NHS reform, the clash over AV and Lords reform, the decision to intervene in Libya, the debate over the EU, single - sex marriage, «Plebgate» and above all else the economy and austerity measures.

«If you ask me about drinking I'll tell you I love it; it relaxes me and makes life fun,» writes Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind, a new book for anyone who has ever wondered, Am I drinking too much?

The body of research is is 30 + years old, encompasing thousands of studies and I and my book collaborators — the amazing Tim, who just did an update with Angelo, and Dr. BG, «Grace» (link removed), who just recorded with Dave Asprey (Tim & I are scheduled to go on Dave's show jointly on May 2)-- have been uncovering it, writing about it — and not only here, but in a book (RS is a mere part of it) that now busts at 450 pages, into the thousands of references, and three appendices.

-LSB-...] Grace wrote an amazing post all about blogging tips for all you other bloggers out there.