A Word of Grace – October 30, 2017

Dear Friends, Fear is an extremely unpleasant emotion. It anticipates pain, danger, or a threat beyond human control. I once asked my office manager, a wise woman, why the administrators and employees of one of our Christian clients were so tentative in making decisions and passive-aggressive in expressing their opinions. “They’re afraid,” she answered. “Afraid

A Word of Grace – October 23, 2017

Dear Friends, The news of the past week was dominated by charges and counter-charges regarding President Trump’s alleged insensitivity in the manner in which he offered condolences to a grieving young widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. In the mix were the pregnant African-American widow and mother of two small children, her mother-in-law, an