Living Grace

You and I experience the miracle of consciousness every day of our lives, but often fail to notice or appreciate it. Yes, human beings are conscious, and we are conscious of being conscious. However, some scientists will tell us that consciousness is no miracle; it is...

One of the miracles that I have been privileged to witness as a psychotherapist and spiritual teacher is the resiliency of people who have undergone tremendous abuse, trauma, and tragedy. These people do not merely survive; they thrive in spite of all odds. What is...

Recently I was privileged to hold a newborn baby. Of course, I was caught up in the wondrous mystery of life, and a question arose within me: why is there something, anything, rather than nothing? Things did not create themselves from nothing, and neither did the...

For my mid-afternoon snack today, I ate an apple. As I enjoyed this fruit, I began to reflect on all that had to happen in order for the apple to exist. To begin with, the distance between the earth and the sun had to be very exact in order for the sunlight to be just...

God’s footprints are everywhere; we only have to open our eyes to see them. As a starting point, creation is one big footprint. Biologists can tell us how life unfolds and how cells divide, but they cannot explain the origin of life or life itself. The great inventor...

If spirituality does not help us to deal with the great challenges of life, then it has no real value. All of us occasionally face the challenge of not living up to our ideals. Whether in our familial relationships, our moral lives, or the squandering of our talents,...