Living Grace

We all know that life can be unpredictable, even catastrophic. No person or nation is immune to life’s turbulent waters. Yet, we need not despair. God is with us, and just as God guided Noah in and through the ordeal confronting him, God will surely do the same for...

Indeed, God does give commandments, and if the truth be told, most of us are not fond of this fact. Rather than reducing the idea of commandments to an oppressive patriarchal system, we would be wise to understand how these divine commandments unfold and the inherent...

God walks with us in the garden of our lives, in success and failure, joy and sorrow, life and death. More importantly, God walks with us not as a punitive deity, but as a “cool evening breeze,” that is, as a loving and life-giving presence. Genesis tells us that...

This week, I am using stories from the Book of Genesis as reflection points. These stories do not belong exclusively to Jews or Christians, but to the whole world. While these narratives might not be historical from a strictly scientific perspective, they contain...

On Sundays, I typically reflect on the Gospel reading of the day along with Yogananda’s insights. Today, I feel inspired to do something a bit different, hopefully inspired by the Spirit. To begin, let us return to our understanding that we have been created in God’s...

Monday: What was true in the book of Genesis is true now: there are no perfect people, no perfect systems, and no perfect institutions. There never will be.Tuesday: In recent years, we have rightly moved away from any understanding of God that involves any...