And so...

Halfway through November, and it has been a while since I last visited. Some current inspiration:

"Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. ... Grace without price; grace without cost! ... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.
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Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship