The Grace of Choice

The hit Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” premiered in November of 2019 and with it came the popular catch phrase for its fans and beyond, “This is the Way.” In short, this mantra serves as a connection point for the Mandalorians, reminding them what’s most important and how it shapes their lives individually and communally. As followers of Jesus, in the Wesleyan tradition, we also have a “way” that shapes our individual and communal life, and that way is grace. This grace is described beautifully in the hymn, “Amazing Grace,” penned 250 years ago by a slave-trader, who by the grace of God, became an Anglican clergyperson named John Newton. This series uses the seven verses of this classic hymn combined with the “hymnbook of the Bible,” The Psalms, to amplify the “sweet sound” of grace that saves us all.