IN THIS ISSUE

ARTICLES ON GRACE

By Grace We are Saved....................Frederick Buechner........5
We need to preach from our own moments of grace

The Note of Grace........................David H.C. Read...........6
Memorable sermons deal with the grace of God and the faith to accept it

Grace in the Authentically Human.........Brian O. McDermott, S.J...8
God's love confronts us where we exercise our freedom

Giving in to Grace.......................Barbara Brown Taylor.....10
Every event can be an encounter with God

Despair and Grace in Ezekiel.............Stephen L. Cook..........11
In Ezekiel grace is linked with two kinds of despair

Grace in Theology and Life...............John Macquarrie..........12
The grace of God often comes through a human agent

The Most Abused Theological Concept......William Muehl............14
Divine grace cannot be separated from divine judgment

Grace: God's Way of Seeing...............Sr. Gillian Leslie, ODC..16
We understand grace for ourselves when we appreciate its
manifestation in Jesus

Grace in Biblical Perspective............Edward F. Campbell, Jr...18
Grace is surrounded by mystery

About God's Grace........................Thomas Hopko.............20
Grace is the infusion of God into human experience

Meeting Grace............................Ann Holmes Redding.......21
Three manifestations of grace

Grace in the Jewish Tradition............Arthur Hertzberg.........22
Human striving to do what is right evokes God's grace

Three Lessons............................Ann Hallstein............23
Grace is real, here and now, and reaches us in many ways

Making Space for Grace...................Don W. Wardlaw...........24
A parable for our time

The Gravity of Grace.....................J. Gerald Janzen.........25
Grace balances all the forces of gravity in human experience

The Physicality of Grace.................Phil Porter..............26
Grace can be experienced in our physical bodies

QUOTATIONS ON GRACE

In the Hebrew Scriptures [28]
In the New Testament Scriptures [29]
Theologians and Scholars [30]
Poets and Writers [31]
Saints and Mystics [32]
Preachers and Commentators [33]

BOOKS ON GRACE

The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J.M. Nouwen [34]
Imagining a Sermon by Thomas H. Troeger [35]
The Parables of Grace by Robert F. Capon [35]
A Rahner Reader by Karl Rahner [36]

IDEAS FOR PREACHING ON GRACE

Words of Such Grace......................Donald Coggan............38
Grace in Real Experience.................Henry H. Mitchell........40
Grace: A Word Study......................Minka Shura Sprague......42
Ordinary Grace: The Everyday......................................44
Preaching the Lectionary: Will Grace.....Judith Hoch Wray.........46
Abound Gracefully?..................................................

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