“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

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. "

~ Lewis B. Smedes

"When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling guilty, I am trusting and suspicious. I am honest and I still play games. Aristotle said I am a rational animal; I say I am an angel with an incredible capacity for beer." -- Brennan Manning, "The Ragamuffin Gospel"