Posts from the ‘Gratitude’ category

Giving thanks for the gifts and blessings in our lives.

First Coffee

This is a bit of whimsy wrapped in a classic prayer. I have for some time thought about writing a prayer for the first coffee of…

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Let’s Hike Together in Israel

I wrote this meditation — “On the Trail” — after 17 days thru-hiking and  mountaineering on Mount Rainier. In Israel, I’m still an avid hiker. So……

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The Blessing of Faces: A Zoom Prayer

This prayer is inspired by the array of faces of men I love on a Zoom call. It is, in fact, a poetic version of the…

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Receiving Blessings

This prayer is my blessing for you for 2019. It’s about opening our hearts to receiving blessings. In this New Year, may we bless each other…

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Looking Back at Our Long Marriage

A simple prayer to be said after years and years of marriage. Here’s a related prayer, a “Blessing for a Spouse / Partner.” And for those…

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On Handing Down a Jewish Heirloom

This is an expansion of my prayer “On Handing Down an Heirloom Tallit at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.” The idea for that prayer came from a member…

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I Sing

A prayer about song in honor of the amazing musicians filling the world with new Jewish music. The format — 6x6x3, six lines of six words…

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Sacred Silly

This playful and unexpected prayer/poem makes fun of my own seriousness about writing prayers and liturgy. And I need a break from the intensity of affairs…

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Prayer of Joy

This is a prayer of gratitude for joy, with a reminder to live joy as a daily spiritual practice. It’s a meditation for daily use when time…

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Gratitude for Work

This is a simple prayer of gratitude for having a job. It can be easy to take for granted at times, especially with a challenging job…

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