The most important lesson I want to teach my students is the very same lesson I am trying to teach myself: let go of the past, let go of the future, be in the present. Be in: notice, acknowledge, appreciate, understand, dwell, exist. The present: what is happening now, what’s actually happening. There are many […]
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One Word Sermon: Look
One Word Sermon: Sit
The most important lesson
A wonderful weekend and afternoon of learning
This Shabbat I had the honor of serving as a scholar-in-residence for the American Hebrew Academy and Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, NC. I was with the AHA community for Shabbat and had a few hours to engage with the religious school teachers at TE in Sunday afternoon. Both communities made a strong impression on me […]
#BlogElul 2017 Day 2– Search
Searching for the sound for the chord for the note for the words for the letters for the syllables for the rhythm for the meter for the heartbeat for the loud for the quiet for the silence of the song