Grace, grace, grace...

It's what Relay one was all about and though many of us thought we knew it and understood it, we all came away with a renewed understanding of it as like Mo said grace is like jelly and whenever you think you have a grasp of it slips out of your hands. I have all ways thought that grace is really hard to grasp from explanation and words but it's best understood through experience, and when people show grace to us it is like a shadow of the perfect grace of God yet it is nothing compared to the infinite grace that God fills the gap between His holiness and our sinfulness.

I really was not sure what I was expecting of other Relay workers but I was suprised by the diversity, we had everyone from sporty rugby lovers to a total geek like me, and thats all thanks to the grace we have all experienced from God wherever we have come from.

Grace is what meant that those of us thinking we are not up to the task can depend on Jesus' strength

Grace is what meant that those of us confident thinking we are ready to do it will be humbled and Jesus' will still do all the work

Grace means we are all on the same level and whatever we do this year Jesus is the one that does the work

grace grace grace, Relay 1 was covered in it and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way...

Relay 1

...and Forum have just finished.

Just a brief word on the name and the purpose of this blog: it's for the theological musings of Jez Poyner, Craig Taylor and Tim Sandell, three of the new UCCF Relay Workers.

As part of our year doing Relay, we will each be studying some really interesting books on things like systematic theology, the cross and world mission, so we thought we'd start a blog to share the things we've learnt, our thoughts and musings!

So expect some notes and thoughts from Relay 1 and Forum to come up here sometime next week, but for the time being it's going to be quiet around here as we each enjoy our 4 days of well earned rest :)