By Ann Byle | Feb 08, 2021 Patrick Henry, retired executive director of the Collegeville Institute of Ecumenical Research in Minnesota, reflects on how he found varied facets of God’s grace in things simple and complex, ancient and modern. For his new book, Flashes of Grace: 33 Encounters with God(Eerdmans, out now) he looks everywhere — from Christian patriarchs such as Saint Benedict of Nursia to Katniss Everdeen, the fictional heroine of The Hunger Games, to PW talked to Patrick Henry about mystery and marvel and “loosening the spiritual joints.” (This conversation has been edited for clarity and length) What prompted you to write this book now, at age 81?