09/04/2025

Grace as the Catalyst

It is the catalyst for the greater good, greater connection and greater kinship

Grace is endemic to the human condition. While it is often associated with faith — and rightly so — grace itself is unaffiliated. It emerges from how we feel about one another. For some, it is the gift received. For others, it is a matter of giving to give. It is for all, available to be had, to be held and to be used for self and others.

Like many, I became annoyed and disgusted with the erosion of our social discourse. It became acceptable – at least on the surface — to utter vile, even racist chants in public, all in the name of reclaiming what the chanters have believed was taken from them by folks — you guessed it — different from themselves.

So, if there was ever a time for grace, it is now. Grace is the catalyst for acting upon the better angels of our nature. And it has multiple dimensions.

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