Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.
This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 on Sinner Saint: A Suprising Primer to the Christian Life

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On second thought: Keep Lent, but sacrifice your concept of it.
In response to the Lord's undeserved love, Manasseh looked to him as the true God.
Is there a significant difference between changing your mind and doing penance? Absolutely.
Repentance is not limited to a season.
You cannot sever the saint from the sinner. Christians remain both simultaneously.
God is a judge, but unlike you, God is just!
In the upside-down wisdom of God, the place of the cross becomes the place of life, absolution, and triumph.
The addict’s condition speaks a hard truth: that we are all beggars before God, every one of us bent toward the grave.
The gospel is best understood in terms of those two most important words: for you.
Jesus rests in a manger in the days to come, but don’t be fooled.
No amount of ritual, sacrifice, devotion, or money could ever do what Jesus of Nazareth was sent to accomplish.
Show me a sinner, and I’ll write you a story of a God who saves them.