Grace doesn't obsess with ourselves. It obsesses with people and with brokenness. This is a hard place to live, but God is bigger than hard places to live. — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
While it's true that you may lose your religion during the course of a lifetime, you never lose your salvation. Once you let Jesus… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
You can call it what you like, categorize it, vivisect it, qualify, quantify, or dismiss it, and none of it will make grace anything… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Sometimes grace is having the strength to persevere through the storm. Sometimes it's having the guts to rebuild, to take a chance, to follow… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
In her inestimable audacity, Julia was the catalyst in my life for something beautiful. I hadn't anticipated her-hadn't even wanted her, truthfully-but there she… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Wait, go back to that Southern Baptist part,” Julia said, interrupting, as she does. “Are you a born-again?” articulating her question as if she… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's why Jesus was so fond of parables: Nothing describes the indescribable like a good yarn.” — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Everyone experiences grace, even if they don't realize it. It's kind of like Moby's music. You could ask your average sixty-something-year-old retired banker in… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. … benign… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“I would say that grace is startling,” Jean told me as he began retelling the story of how he wound up as pastor of… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Grace to me is a little bit of extra help when you're feeling stuck or doomed or, probably, hopefully, out of good ideas on… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most. — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“Some theologians argue that one kind of grace is better than another, and that some people think they're experiencing “divine” grace when it's actually… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
