Don’t worry. When it’s long passed time to replace your “camelbak” water bottle, but you continue to forget to do so, you will conveniently leave it somewhere, likely a bathroom stall. Several times the Torah mentions that a particular experience lasted 40 days. I used to think that basically meant, “a long time.” Now I […]
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Life Lessons, 4/8/16 from Atlanta to Memphis
Airports– one of the few public spaces where it’s not only appropriate but appreciated when people direct you toward your baggage. Airplanes– designed to fulfill a tremendous human need but done so in a way that denies or disregards pretty much every other human need in the process. Why is it so comforting to be […]
10 MORE Hosting Hacks for Shabbat Dinner
I’m up early today and just had a chance to read a piece on Kveller by Nina Badzin entitled, “10 Hosting Hacks to Make Shabbat Dinner Easier.” It’s a nice piece and I encourage others to read it. I agree with all 10 of her recommendations but also feel summoned to share some of our practices […]
Life Lessons, 4/7/16
1. Vanity is looking in the mirror and seeing everything but what’s actually there. 2. Those who think life would be better without stormy days have to explain why human beings seem inescapably drawn to making it rain. 3. Music and play are probably the two most universal of languages. 4. Existence and every […]
Life Lessons, 4/6/16
Sometimes others are able to give voice to your heart and soul better than you are. But they don’t always know when they’re doing it. If you tell people what you think then they’ll engage with you and tell you what they think. If you remain concealed in mystery and inscrutable, you will find the […]
Spirituality and Religion
So I’ve got a doctorate in adolescent spirituality. Which basically means two things: I’m very curious about the topic I know at least some of what I don’t know Here are some ideas that my research has led me to and which I am still intrigued by: All human beings have a spiritual dimension. […]