From Daniel Taylor’s book, Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories:

“Grace is the ultimate act of empathy. It is possible on the human level only to the degree that we can imagine ourselves in other people’s shoes. Such an act of imagination is a story act. It is being able to see oneself as a character in another’s story, and acting in accordance with that imaginative perception in one’s own. Grace is more than empathy, but empathy is its starting point. Because I know keenly my own need for receiving better than I deserve, I can imagine your similar need and can use my freedom to fulfill that need.”

Steven Curtis Chapman and family were interviewed on Good Morning America today about the death of Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman. Watch the interview here (Note: Interview begins with a short clip of the interview, moves into a commercial, and then shows the full seven minute interview).

Registration for Together for Adoption Conference 2008 is now open! Please join us for this unique event as we explore what our adoption in Christ means for us and for orphans.

Conference Speakers: Rick Phillips, Russell Moore, Carl Robbins, and Tullian Tchividjian.

See conference schedule here.