On Being Imperfect
This week’s Torah portion is called “The Life of Sarah.” Yet it contains nothing about Sarah’s life; instead, it tells …
Category Archives: Abraham and Sarah
Names
Our names matter. It’s a funny thing, because as far as you and I are concerned, our parents made an …
Hold Hands
Some time ago I was being given directions to a house in the Maryland countryside. Finally the voice on the …
Hope
Hope. It’s a commodity that seems to be in short supply. The election is over but the president refuses to admit …
Something Greater Than Ourselves
I have a friend who is a Presbyterian minister, who asked me this week if I could tell him about …
Abraham & Sarah Hit The Road
“Turn right at the pond with the ducks,” said the voice on the phone. “What if the ducks aren’t there?” …
Doing the Wrong Thing
This week‘s Torah portions begins with the phrase “and he saw.” Over his lifetime, Abraham saw many things. Not all …
Who Are You?
Names matter. Our names define us, identify us, separate us. But if our names identify us, what happens when we …
Looking Straight Ahead – Sarah’s Test
We know that God isn’t “up there” somewhere, but we still look up when beseeching God, still quote the Psalmist, …
#SarahToo
Like many of my generation, I use Facebook frequently. I like saying “happy birthday” to people, seeing pictures of children …
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