Given (NavPress, 2019) Tina Boesch, author of Given: The Forgotten meaning and Practice of Blessing, works as a writer, editor, and designer. In addition, Tina serves as an advocate for Baptist Global Response and earned an MA in Theology from Regent College. First, Tina stresses the need to recognize the generative power of the spoken […]
“Extending mercy to the merciless may seem nonsensical because it’s self-sacrificial, not self-protective, but that’s precisely what makes it supernatural. . . . We don’t enter the arena of grace through our own strength, but only by humbling ourselves to the ground.”- Tina Boesch “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to […]
“Jesus is not only the architect of the arena of grace but also the portal into it and the first to take up residence within this unnatural — this supernatural — way of being.”- Tina Boesch But I say to you who hear, “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those […]
” . . . the rule of reciprocity that often encourages acts of generosity and kindness also has the potential to cement cycles of violence when reciprocity devolves into retribution.”- Tina Boesch “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray […]