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Yancey writes, “I would far rather convey grace then explain it” (p16). I found this interesting in that the book approaches grace not by describing it as a dissertation would, but instead, show it via examples and stories. Yancey seems to be coming from the point of view that grace is missing from most of our lives, or at the very best, missing the perception to see grace.

Though we had discussed many different themes of grace in the group, what I came away with because of these discussions were two things regarding the first chapter. First, that grace is something we do rather than wait and experience it. Second, that the scary truth of grace is that it isn’t always nice and rosy, but can be a messy thing. We are dealing with human beings, and doing things with each other, for a long period of time, usually ends up being messy, so I wouldn’t think doing grace with each other would be any different.

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I put up the picture of our Ohana, all full of hope and excited to tackle the task of grasping grace. That last sentence just begs for an insert of psychotic laughter.

But this picture will be used to replace the one on the Ohana Small Group Board. We are a community and Ohana after all, so naturally, there really should be all of us up there.

Well, the Ohana is back. As you can see from previous posts, the time off gave me a chance to reflect and focus on what I have been learning about being in a community of God.

But as great as the time to think and reflect was, I must admit, I began to miss everyone. I never really realized how much until I saw their faces and listened to some of their stories. Wow.

Anywho, we are back meeting with each other at Kaimuki Christian Church, room 209, at 8:30 AM. The study that we are going to begin looking at is Philip Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace?

From what I gather about the book, it is an illustration of amazing grace. So needless to say, I’m really excited to hear and see the different grace stories from our Ohana family during the study.

If you happen to be around during this time, why not just come on by and check it out as well.