In this moment of unfolding epidemic, I am called to honor the complexity of the Creation we live in. This Creation in which uncountable species compete for space and survival, including the tiniest ones, who can sometimes, without malice, take down the mightiest among us.
Read moreNora Tehilot: Finding the Words
This turns the prayer experience into a bad first date. Like here you are, face to face at last with God, and it all seems like empty small talk. Or bad pickup lines. “Wow. Who is there like you? Awe-inspiring, working wonders.”
Read moreI Am What I Am
Ehyeh asher ehyeh. I am what I am. I am what I am and I barely know what I am. Let alone what you are. Maybe ehyeh asher ehyeh is an invitation for us to see the greatness, the expansiveness, the Divine in each other. To see everything in us – no matter how we judge ourselves – as a gift. Like that old Leonard Bernstein joke.
Read moreMay the Angel: A Song for Parashat Vayechi
A song (recording and sheet music) drawn from Jacob’s farewell blessing of his grandchildren.
Read moreUnlikely, Inevitable You
We are unlikely and inevitable beings. And that encourages me. I don't know if I am meant to be here. But my being here defies the odds, and the whole history of Creation led to it. So if that doesn't give me some hope that my being here has meaning, what does?
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