Inside each of us there is a spark Though others may have a similar spark to our own, each spark is unique Sometimes we don’t know what our spark is, Sometimes we don’t know where it is, Sometimes we don’t know if we have it, Or if it has gone out, Sometimes others see our […]
These words P.2
Why do we read these words? To discover, to unlock, to free, to remind, to heal, to summon, to call out, to criticize, to hope, to know, to connect, to forgive, to become, to let go, to refocus, to grow, to illuminate, to ponder, to question, to learn. Why do we read these words? So […]
These words P.1
Our parents read these words Our grandparents read these words And the generations that came before Names, faces, places, hearts, minds, souls, whose names we do not know but who somehow dreamed that we might one day read these words too We are not the first, we are not the last, We are not the […]
Spark, flame, fire
I wonder which is easier: igniting a spark or turning a spark into a flame into a fire? When it comes to education we’ve got to do both. We’ve got to ignite a spark– even when the spark is already within our students. Then we have to turn the spark into a flame or a […]
Ever-Living Word
The following was written in 1857 (in German) by one of the great intellectuals of the early Reform Movement, Abraham Geiger. Translation by Max Wiener: The Bible is now and has always been an ever-living Word, not a dead letter. It has spoken to all generations and imparted its teaching to them; it expressed the […]
What was prayerful for me today?
In the spirit of continuing to identify what prayer, prayerfulness, and spirituality mean to me, I’m trying to pause and reflect on the question, “What was prayerful for me today?” The only thing that’s tricky doing this in the context of a blog is my willingness to honestly answer this question as well as feeling […]