All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir

All is grace. The title is simple, the words in a way feel inadequate, yet it is the essence of this book. I've often said it is a dangerous thing to meet or learn about people one admires. We tend to create an idea of a person that is unrealistic and are disappointed when we discover they are human like the rest of us after all. Manning has long been open about some of his weaknesses, most notably his battle with alcoholism. I suspect there are more shortcomings he does not share. These shortcomings actually make the point more poignant, more real, more true. God loves us the way we are, not the way we should be, because none of us are as we should be.