Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

The Mystery Of Grace

The Mystery Of Grace

I have to admit, I don’t fully understand the mystery of grace either.

An outcome is not dependent on actions?

It’s the opposite of both the law and how most of us act.

The best teacher of grace is having children, if you want to know the truth.

I don’t know, maybe it’s just me.

But it’s hard to think of a reason I would not be giving of grace to my children.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

-Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies

As Cool As The Air In A Redwood Grove?

As Cool As The Air In A Redwood Grove?

I just liked this line about the air of a redwood grove.

While I have been to the Northwest United States 3 or 4 times, I don’t think I have ever even seen redwoods in person.

But you can almost see them from this description, can’t you?

Gentle and sweet smelling with pine and a dampness to it.

Lamott explains that her son is going to be alright after a medical scare and calls her friend to tell him the good news.

I called my Jesuit friend and told him our good news. He groaned with relief. “Oh, honey,” he said. Both of us were silent for a while. Then he said, “Baby? Sometimes deliverance is as cool as the air in a redwood grove.”

-Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies

Sterling Terrell