grace

  • The Shadow of Grace

    ByAllen

    For several years in my forties, I started my days before sunrise—out the door by 5 a.m., paper coffee cup in hand, before breakfast and ahead of the school-day rush. I’d walk a few blocks down cracked, uneven sidewalks to a small park by a wide concrete drainage culvert. On either side, a narrow, grassy…

  • Fresh Grace Daily

    ByAllen

    I am a child of God. He is the Lord, the maker of the heavens and the earth, and there is no other. The fact that I can call him my Father has nothing to do with my merit—it’s all about his grace. In this context, grace is unearned favor. I can’t claim I’ve done…