My being stranded away from home with a group of folks I didn't know that well provided opportunity to talk about topics we might have otherwise not approached. Even among this group of Lutheran Campus Pastors, there are quite a few who did not grow up as cradle Lutherans. Maybe it was their switching of denominations which makes them such good candidates for reaching out to persons who are in the midst of their own significant life decisions.
When asked what it was that brought them to the Lutheran Church it always comes back to "grace." They had heard about it in other traditions, but they were overwhelmed with the expression of it which they found in a Lutheran community.
Grace is very important to us. It is that attitude that God had toward us in which we are assured of His love and acceptance and his good intentions toward us. It is the confidence that even when we fail to live the lives he would prefer, his love is not diminished or withheld.
Grace is important. Grace is what saves a wretch like me. Twas grace that teaches our hearts to fear, and grace our fears relieves.
Maybe we all need an occasional snow day, to have the time to talk about those things which are at the center of our existence but too seldom named and celebrated.
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