About this episode

Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris discusses the grace of God in the context of national imperfection and human failure.

Luke 13:6-9 and Psalm 85 The Founders of our nation built a government that anticipates human failure. Our civic life includes ways to pause, evaluate, change course, and begin again. That does not make our nation perfect, but it does reveal something hopeful: we are not trapped forever by every mistake we make. As we begin this series reflecting on our nation, we will explore how this imperfect experiment can remind us of the deeper grace of God — a grace that tells the truth about failure, tends what is wounded, and makes redemption possible for all God’s people.

People in this episode

Guest: Rev. Dr. Michelle Morris

Topics covered

• grace of God
• redemption
• civic life
• human failure
• national reflection
• hope
• imperfection

Keywords

• grace
• redemption
• failure
• civic life
• hope
• national reflection
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First United Methodist Church

Books & works: Luke 13:6-9, Psalm 85

Places: United States

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