Episode 41: Grace is the Antidote
What if there were a remedy that might counteract the difficulties and disappointments of being human, but you weren’t quite sure how it worked, or how to get it? Many Latter-day Saints feel certain about the importance of obedience in their lives, but are less settled in their thinking about grace. Cynthia and Susan discuss how and why, for each of them, the idea of grace has come to be foundational to their faith, rather than incidental to it.
Notes & Quotes:
The Gift of Grace, by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, April 2015 General Conference
His Grace is Sufficient, BYU Speeches, by Brad Wilcox, 2011
Sweet Above All That is Sweet, BYU Magazine, by Sheri Dew, Fall 2014 Issue
Letters to a Young Mormon, by Adam Miller
A General Theory of Grace, essay from Future Mormon, by Adam Miller
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home, by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe, by Richard Rohr