I Know The End

Or: How To Keep The Gospel In Lent

“Grace does not do things tit-for-tat; it acts finally and fully from the start. Confession has nothing to do with getting ourselves forgiven. Confession is not a transaction, not a negotiation in order to secure forgiveness; it is the after-the-last gasp of a corpse that finally can afford to admit it’s dead and accept resurrection. Forgiveness surroun…