Prayers of Thanks Before the Storm
You’d think praying would be pretty simple. But often it’s anything but. Sometimes it comes haltingly, or not at all. …
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A Mourner’s Pain
Shabbat — February 18, 2012 I’m in mourning. My father died five months ago. My grandfather died 40 years ago …
The Last Week of Prayer Camp
Wednesday morning I’ll leave at the crack of dawn to fly to Connecticut for the last week of what I …
Pray Like You Mean It!
It is ridiculous how much I’ve changed over the past year. What’s changed? I’ve learned that “the God I don’t …
God’s Vocabulary
“God gave me mind and heart to learn divine matters from natural events.” So wrote Harold Schulweis while in the …
What’s a College Student to Do?
A couple of people wrote to me about my young friend at FSU, and I feel obliged to tell you …
Pray for me? No thanks.
No, I’m not saying you can’t pray for my welfare. (Be my guest — couldn’t hurt!) What I don’t want is for …
Communal Prayer
I’ve been thinking about communal prayer since my last post, when I wrote about how much it means to me. …
Shabbat and Prayer
As promised, another thoughtful comment from a friend about Shabbat and how it’s observed. Toby wrote: Shabbat in Jerusalem truly …
More about Shabbat Unplugged
It’s become evident that my friends are much more erudite and downright poetic than me. I’ve received the most beautiful …
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