All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir

by Brennan Manning

I think we read memoirs hoping that someone has found an answer in his or her own life that can make sense of ours.

That in the end, my sin will never outweigh God’s love. That the Prodigal can never outrun the Father. That I am not measured by the good I do but by the grace I accept. That being lost is a prerequisite to being found. That living a life of faith is not lived in the light, it is discovered in the dark. That not being a saint here on earth will not necessarily keep you from being in that number when the march begins.

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

Your friendship has been like the refreshing shade of a vast tree in the noonday heat.