Several years back, I was struck at the centrality of grace for my life. Whether it be the undeserved kindness of the driver to let me enter her lane, the cashier asking me honestly how my day was, or one of my kids coming by and just giving me a hug without asking for something--all these kinds of happenings reminded me that grace is at the heart of life. I don't know, it seems that our globe today experiences a lot of anxiety. Any person who flies knows about that anxiety. Yet, there are these outcroppings of grace continually bubbling through. It slowly dawned on me (as these kinds of things normally do with my molasses mind), if I will get out of the way, grace will have her way and my life will be transformed throughout the short days of my existence. Grace can transform and form me.
So, this website is dedicated to the transforming power of grace. Of course, one of my favorite recent stories of grace flows from the popular Broadway musical (adapted from Hugos classic), Les Miserables. The transformation of Jean Valjean through the story and the implications from his reception of grace, model the power of graceformation. So, here, at the outset of this journey of graceformation, I hope to periodically identify through the passion areas of my life this rebellion of grace. Stay tuned. Enjoy the ride!
Finally, this picture was taken about a year ago with my wonderful wife, Cristina, and my two boys, Jason and Kristofer. Every day, they are grace incarnated in my life!
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