Hold Hands

November 3, 2022

Some time ago I was being given directions to a house in the Maryland countryside. Finally the voice on the …

Hope

November 13, 2020

Hope. It’s a commodity that seems to be in short supply. The election is over but the president refuses to admit …

November 23, 2019

I have a friend who is a Presbyterian minister, who asked me this week if I could tell him about …

November 8, 2019

“Turn right at the pond with the ducks,” said the voice on the phone. “What if the ducks aren’t there?” …

October 25, 2018

This week‘s Torah portions begins with the phrase “and he saw.” Over his lifetime, Abraham saw many things. Not all …

October 19, 2018

Names matter. Our names define us, identify us, separate us. But if our names identify us, what happens when we …

November 2, 2017

We know that God isn’t “up there” somewhere, but we still look up when beseeching God, still quote the Psalmist, …

October 26, 2017

Like many of my generation, I use Facebook frequently. I like saying “happy birthday” to people, seeing pictures of children …

September 22, 2017

Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5778 Hebrew is a fascinating language, and over the centuries scholars have loved finding hidden meanings in …