Always Something Missing

What does it take to experience grace? I argue that for followers of the Chinese Christian reformers Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, in China, Taiwan, United States, grace is experienced as an intended gift with a missing motivating intention. For group which God’s intentions are rigorously mapped out, experiencing thus no simple feat. In particular, show how occurs moments apparent wrongdoing when reward least comprehensible. As this becomes institutionalised ideal mode grace, however, paradoxically less graceful practice. Therefore, here inherently transgressive, destabilising, contradictory phenomenon. Extrapolating beyond Lee’s followers, suggest at time gratitudinous secularism, givenness without Giver, blessedness Blesser, more abundant than ever. But comes gratitude, emotion often resistant social change.