Standing Before God
Today is Shabbat Shuva, the Sabbath of turning, returning. Not that we want to turn back, or turn away from …
Tag Archives: spirituality
Looking Ahead to Joy
I know you will understand when I say that time seems to have its own pace. It will move slowly …
The Crack in My Heart
It’s time. Time for God to come back inside from wandering in the fields and get down to business. Time …
Elul: Calling to God
The month of Elul is a time of deep spiritual preparation, moving day by day closer to Rosh Hashanah and …
The Journey
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once said that to be a Jew is to be on a journey. We love to tell …
Where Is God?
Sign outside a nearby church: “God is with you always.” Knowing in our hearts that God is always there is …
Massi di Cemmo: Where Humans & God Met
Today I stood in a valley between Italian mountains and saw where the hand of God touched human hands. But …
Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
The God of Judaism
For many years, I made my living as a fundraiser in the Jewish community. This week‘s Torah portion was one …
Jews: “The Sacred Ability to Rise Again”
The Jewish world is poised between two realities. Right now, we dwell in the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom …
