In fear we feel isolated in a very limited world. With awe we experience a world that is vast and our connection to it. … Read More

To loosen the grip the seemingly inevitable has on us begins our journey to make our way in the world. … Read More

With Parshat Shemot Torah’s story becomes a tale about recovering one’s name: one’s legacy and one’s purpose.
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Open works of art engage us as participants in and not mere observers of creativity. To live that way lies at the heart of building community.… Read More

Whether it is a text, a painting or ourselves, what defines perfection is not a finalized, unalterable nature but the infinite dimensions of meaning to be found there.… Read More

When we find a way to simultaneously honor our past and critique the limitations in the present it has created, we shape a future iridescent with possibilities. … Read More

Every crisis bears within it both brokenness and hope. To act upon the hope within it is a renaissance of imagination, of life itself.… Read More

Such a lovely, fun holiday starts this week. The lighting of candles. The eating of rich, indulgent foods like potato latkes and sufganiyot.… Read More

When we make ourselves vulnerable to a struggle between our self-centered anxieties and our sacred possibilities, we can access new dimensions of courage, resilience and compassion.… Read More

This week many of us will sit around a table of thanksgiving with family and friends. It is an opportunity to reflect on a world that is other than we might wish it to be and to imagine the possibilities nurtured by hope.… Read More