Elul gives us time to prepare before the High Holy Days are even on the close horizon. Like training for a race, the goal is not simply to reach the finish line, but to be changed by the journey.
Continue ReadingOpen Your Hand, Open Your Heart
We live amid extraordinary beauty and abundance, yet need surrounds us. How can we open our hearts, open our hands, and make a difference?
Continue ReadingI Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
I almost said “no.” I’m grateful I didn’t. Sometimes the moments we’re most tempted to skip become the ones that bring the greatest blessings to our lives.
Continue ReadingFrom Lamentation to Consolation to Action
The Jewish calendar does not ask us to rush past grief. It teaches us how to move from lamentation to consolation, and from consolation to action.
Continue ReadingTzimtzum: The Sacred Pause
Tzimtzum is one of my favorite Hebrew words. It is a beautiful Jewish mystical teaching about making space for others, and perhaps one of the most needed spiritual practices for our world today.
Continue ReadingWhere Will Your Journey Take You?
A Bat Mitzvah seventy years in the making became a powerful reminder that life is not measured by how quickly we arrive, but by the courage, faith, and growth we discover along the way. Where will your journey take you?
Continue ReadingLiberty and Justice for All
The ideals proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 continue to challenge and inspire us today.
Continue ReadingDon’t Worry. We’ve Got You.
“Don’t worry. We’ve got you.” Five simple words spoken by a mover helping pack my home became an unexpected lesson about how we carry one another through life’s transitions.
Continue ReadingAn Unexpected Gift
An unexpected gift arrived in the mail this week, reminding me that in challenging times our greatest strength is the bond we share with one another.
Continue ReadingPride, Allyship, and the Sacred In-Between
What does allyship actually look like? Sometimes it looks like a father showing up for his child, exactly as they are.
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