Pharaoh does not know Joseph, the one who saved Egypt from destruction. Israelite reunion and elevation quickly devolve to namelessness, to enslavement…to death. … Read More

A resilient life is one that returns again and again after loses and setbacks to the daily tasks of life. In the course of doing so, we expand our connection to that which is everlasting.… Read More

It is not those who profess perfection who create a better world. It is those who bear witness to their own imperfections who are the builders of civilization.… Read More

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