How nice to have a few quiet moments on Shabbat afternoon and stumble upon an old volume of Emerson’s collected essays. One entitled, “The Poet,” called to me and in reading it I found this lovely sentiment: We know that the secret of the world is profound, but who or what shall be our interpreter, […]
Life Lessons
#Prepare– Blog Elul 2015, Day 1
As I pointed out in a previous post, the Hebrew month of Elul is upon is. Elul is the temporal highway that leads into the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah. #BlogElul, curated by my colleague, Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, is an opportunity to celebrate the spiritual work that Elul invites. I won’t hit every one of […]
Life Lessons
1. Never miss an opportunity to cuddle with your kids. 2. It’s a joy to be able to give people what they want, especially when they want something good and positive. 3. Forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning is pretty easy to do. 4. Just because you encounter the same situation or opportunity doesn’t […]
Daily Miracles
Either you believe in miracles or you don’t. If you don’t, you’ve got to be prepared to explain all of the miraculous things, small and large, that happen every day. And you have to explain them without using the words: miracle and miraculous. If you do believe in miracles then you’ve got less explaining to […]
spark, flame, fire p.2
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 […]
What was prayerful for me today?
1) Our final Jewish music meeting of the year. Working with two remarkably capable and passionate people who have a high level of respect and commitment coupled with a sense of humor and ability to embrace the fact that our shared area of concern is a work in progress. 2) The 5th grade class that […]