Living Grace

Although I am humbled and honored when I am asked to compose a Living Grace passage, my initial reaction is still a lump-in-my-throat feeling. My next action is to take my feelings to God and Guru in prayer and meditation.  As God and Guru calm my surface level...

We have arrived at full summer, complete with long, light-filled days and warm temperatures. My calendar is full! During this time, I find it important to remind myself of Yogananda's earnest devotion to knowing God on a daily basis. Likewise, my own devotion begins...

This week, Kriyabans from the Assisi Institute will share their spiritual journey as Isha Das turns to other work on our behalf. Today's reflection comes from Swami Shantima Miller. "Will power is that which changes thought into energy. Work for the highest and...

This week, Kriyabans from the Assisi Institute will share their spiritual journey as Isha Das turns to other work on our behalf. Today's reflection comes from Steph Kelly. “God the Beautiful is manifest in the synchronized scenery of nature.”  Yogananda The word...

The opening line of today’s Gospel is provocative to say the least: “Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.” What are unclean spirits and why does Jesus give his disciples authority over them? What...

Monday: The Beauty I am talking about is hard to define but easy to recognize. Tuesday: The greatest challenge facing humanity today is not Covid, the environment, or social justice issues, but the countervailing forces of meanness, divisiveness, and cruelty. If...