The Density of Love
A simple prayer/poem about love and hate, fire and water, written in the voice of the spiritual traveler, the one who knows, the one who hints…
Read articleOne You
A meditation on the vastness of creation and the uniqueness of each and every soul. This piece appears in This Precious Life: Encountering the Divine with…
Read articleThe Dissenter’s Hope: In Memoriam, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l
“…that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow…” – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l, NPR interview, 2002 This prayer for…
Read articleWildly Unimaginable Blessings: A Prayer for 5781
This new Rosh Hashanah prayer — written this morning — is a response to Covid-19. Since March, since the reality of pandemic and plague struck our…
Read articleSowing Light: A Prayer/Poem Inspired by Text
This prayer/poem is inspired by Psalm 97, recited at Kabbalat Shabbat. The Psalm ends with this: “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the…
Read articleThis Prayer is a Tree
If a prayer is recited in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? This Prayer is a Tree…
Read articleUnfinished Business
This is a meditation on the unfinished business in my life. Loving more deeply. Being more present. Showing more gratitude. Living the life that G-d wants…
Read articleTears, Too Close: A Prayer of Consolation
A prayer of consolation, weaving in lines from each of the seven weeks of Haftarot of consolation from Isaiah which began the past Shabbat Nachamu. Use…
Read articleThis Day, Revised
Here’s a meditation about living a life of love and honor in service to G-d and the world. It is offered now as a balm in…
Read articleShow Me
What does G-d want from us? Our service to Torah, mitzvot and tikun olam. These actions are a source of holiness and love. Thank you to…
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