Well, I think It's Grace

Grace is associated with forgiveness or mercy or acceptance, but I want it to be associated with healing.  Healing doesn't imply sin or that a person has done something wrong.  I would life grace to shift to the healing direction.  It promotes a more positive image of grace overall.

AN: I am not sure if Grace is only associated with Religion but in my experience with Grace it has been my faith and religious background that has helped me give Grace and receive it.

KE: I felt God's grace one time when I was really little. In had a lot of breathing problems when I first moved to Indiana and mom and dad were worried about it. Dad said a prayer over me and I felt instant relief and have never had that problem since. It is by the grace of God that I am able to sleep in peace each night without those problems anymore because there was nothing physically wrong with me, yet I was gasping for breath for about a week straight and only getting worse as time went on.

Circumstances by Buju Banton fits with MR's definition of grace. She believes grace is peaceful and helpful. Circumstances also brings up the question of human nature; one of the lines is "Circumstances made me what I am/ Was I born a violent man"? I feel this goes with grace because many wonder if grace has always been or was it a response to human nature of corruption.  Hughes would say that grace has always been present, it's called a primordial grace.

MR: Many times, I believe it is. However, as is the term faith, they did not originate from religion. On a more basic level, grace is something that can be experienced by anyone, no matter religious background.

I interviewed a few of my friends and here they are.

Maya Angelou

With all these hymnals and movements, I am reminded of Krista Hughes' Dance of Grace.  I especially like the communal aspect of Hughes' Dance of Grace.  Grace is individual, but it can be "communal and relational, inviting each and all in ways that foster the flourishing of all beings" (31).  I enjoy the interconnectedness of the Dance of Grace; Everything is dancing!

Amazing Grace is another one of my favorite hymns.  It shows the saving and forgiveness aspect of grace.