mercy
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Jesus hangs out with sinners, heals a woman, and raises someone from the dead. Here’s why that frustrates the people we should pay less attention to.
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The search for meaning, purpose, and place is deeply human. Jesus teaches his disciples to fixate less on what they do and more on who they are.
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We ought to read the the parable of the prodigal son with the other lost parables — it helps us better see the mind of the father.
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Jesus undermines the prohibition of relationship between the ritually pure and the condemned because grace is more important.
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Our brains start with the wrong presumption. Forgiveness, not punishment, is the starting place for dealing with our neighbors.
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The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.