Here is an offering for this week of winter solstice, when we are inspired to mimick nature’s insistence that light will get through. For us, light emerges “through the confrontation with the brokenness of things” (Leonard Cohen).… Read More

Memories are constructed framings of what we have experienced. Our brains can reframe those which hold us back from fulfilling ourselves. Shattering can be the beginning of hope.… Read More

The way of love has no certainty of a specific outcome. It is a path marked by vulnerability and risk. The promise it offers, though, is beyond measure.… Read More

The blessing of uncertainty is the opportunity to discover what lies beyond the limits of who we currently are.… Read More

IN HONOR OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH ENCOURAGES US TO GATHER AROUND A TABLE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HERE IS A COMMENTARY ON THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION PARSHAT VAYETZEI… Read More

The way to the promise of fulfillment, fruition and peace requires an un-knowing of those certainties that serve only to blunt our capacity for love, compassion and connection.… Read More

To be alive is to pierce the veil of separation and to behold the weave of the world.… Read More

Appearances are constantly coming into our lives. They have the power to unlock the treasures of love, compassion and justice that are our spiritual inheritance.… Read More

The journey to a new dimension of self occurs within a framework of fixed responsibilities that supports an imaginative exploration of new possibilities.… Read More

We can live fearlessly through tumultuous times by increasing our caring and compassion for others. It is the song of love triumphant.… Read More