What If We Completely Reimagined How We Treat Immigrants?
This week’s Torah portion begins with the sentence, “God appeared before Abraham.” But the very next sentence is about three …
Category Archives: Abraham and God
When We Open the Door
It is 3:00 a.m. The 12-pound Havanese wakes up. The 76-pound Malamute wakes up. I wake up. I open the …
God’s Tests
This week’s Torah portion has what we like to call Abraham’s test. It is the Akeda, the binding of Isaac. …
Children, God, and Grief
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote that the story of the binding of Isaac is meant to teach us that God owns …
We Are Not Alone
Today was a low day. I didn’t have a particularly good reason to feel gloomy, except that the sadness and …
Bumps in the Road
I was driving down a narrow street in Sarasota this week and saw a large sign announcing BUMP. There was …
Audacious Hospitality
Last week my congregation was informed by the church where we hold services that we have to leave within 60 …
Hold Hands
Some time ago I was being given directions to a house in the Maryland countryside. Finally the voice on the …
Good Job, God
One of my favorite lines that we sing in synagogue comes at the end of psalm 92, the Shabbat Psalm. …
Vision or Imagination?
We envision all kinds of things. Possible futures, impossible futures, alternative futures. Distinguishing between vision and imagination is difficult, if …
