Today On Planet Earth, May You Experience

Our Identity Rests In God's Relentless Tenderness For Us Revealed In Jesus Christ.

The Ragamuffin Gospel Says We Can't Lose, Because We Have Nothing To Lose.

To Live By Grace Means To Acknowledge My Whole Life Story, The Light Side And The Dark. In Admitting My Shadow Side I Learn Who I Am And What God's Grace Means.

We Are Not Cowed Into Timidity By Death And Life. Were We Forced To Rely On Our Own Shabby Resources We Would Be Pitiful People In Deed. But The Awareness Of Christ's Present Risenness Persuades Us That We Are Buoyed Up And Carried On By A Life Greater Than Our Own.

The Confessing Church Of American Ragamuffins Needs To Join Magdalene And Peter In Witnessing That Christianity Is Not Primarily A Moral Code But A Grace-laden Mystery; It Is Not Essentially A Philosophy Of Love But A Love Affair; It Is Not Keeping Rules With Clenched Fists But Receiving A Gift With Open Hands.