“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith . . .” (3: 28 NIV)

What are the most important lessons you’ve learned as you’ve gone through life? Author Adair Lara asked dozens of people to pass on the things they wish they’d known in their earlier years. Here are a few nuggets of wisdom:

• “Never marry a man who hates his mother.” -- Beth Clements
• “Never pass up an opportunity to use the rest room.”-- Sally Sanger
• “You will never, never win an argument with a meter maid.” -- Dean Backus

And this final one from Jackie Windspear: “Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.” (1) Is that what grace is--a way to live? Perhaps. Let’s examine this question a little more in detail.

On October 31, 1999, representatives of the Lutheran World Federat…