Living Grace

There are no exceptions to the existential rule that life’s circumstances frequently make life hard for all of us. These difficult circumstances are even harder when we live as islands, separated from the source of life, strength, and hope. In short, we need God, but...

A scholar of the Jewish law approached Jesus and asked him, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" He said in reply, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with...

Monday: The more we fill our lives with unnecessary possessions and activities that divert our attention away from truth, beauty, and goodness, the more meaningless our lives become. In the world’s eyes, giving up the chase for more, bigger, and better is utter...

Most of us can agree that the goal of the spiritual life is the love of God and neighbor. But we must understand that if love were always easy we would not call it love; we would call it like. Put another way, a good life is not necessarily an easy life. A good life...

The world is a hot mess. The thick dust that arises from this messiness prevents us from seeing reality as it really is and chokes our ability to breathe the life-giving oxygen flowing from God’s Spirit. The great temptation in all of this is to be caught up in either...

Whether we realize it or not, we are presented with choices at every moment of our existence. What are we going to focus on? What is captivating our attention?  What is the energetic force we are internalizing? These are not esoteric questions! Our lives take on...