I used to say that if I ever wrote a book, its title would be Nothing Truly Radical Happens After Age Six, Except Grace. Grace, that experience of unconditional love, breaks through the whole system and can change anything.

All of Christian life could be described as an ever-deeper encounter between our wounded inner child and the wondrous world of grace. Grace can bring us back to the radix, our roots, and orient us toward the conversion Jesus called for.

That’s why we say grace is radical. Radical grace empowers us to shuck off the system and become children again: children of God brothers and sisters to all of humanity.

from The Spiritual Family and the Natural Family