Welcome to the Encircled by Love devotional series. This series of essays first appeared in the Wisdom for the Way as a part of the Encircled by Love Incarnational Study. When using these essays with the Encircled by Love Study, please note that they appear in the order they were published, so you will need to start with the earliest date and work to the latest date. The titles should coordinate with the titles in the material.
Grace is a hard notion. It is something that winds through life—simultaneously completely obvious and utterly mysterious.
There is a story in the gospels about a man who has been robbed, beaten, and left in a ditch and the “Good” other who stopped to help.
Do you know what counts? All of it. All the little tiny things you don’t think matter do.
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I was an undergraduate sitting in a film studies class. I took the class because it fit my schedule, not because I was interested in film.