Inside the (Hanukkah) Light
This meditation carries an echo of Hanukkah. It’s about seeing, feeling and loving the light shining around us, and our yearning to be a source of…
Read articleThank You! Cue the Music…
Wow! What a weekend. As you recall, I’ve been raising money to publish my book, Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing. On Saturday, your total pledges…
Read articleKick Me, Please!
There was once a little boy who loved to pray. He now writes prayers. Me. I’ve written a book called Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing.…
Read articleFirst Bird
This prayer/poem in the voice of the spiritual traveler was inspired by the birds of Jerusalem, their many voices and songs in the early morning. It’s…
Read articleThe Spark
This is a brief meditation on taking so-called negative emotions and harnessing them for sacred purpose. Although dark, it has an optimistic message: even when besieged by our…
Read articleThe Last Moment
This is a meditation on time, a meditation on living in this moment with the spiritual understanding that beauty and holiness remain. They remain even when…
Read articleThree Years of Prayer
Jerusalem, 22 March 2013 I don’t believe in coincidences. Today is the third anniversary of launching this site, of living my mission to bring holiness into…
Read articleThe Open Space
This is a meditation about opening the spiritual space for wholeness to enter. It is, of course, in the voice of the spiritual traveler, the one who…
Read articleEvery Beginning
Here’s prayer/poem that celebrates both love and loss as essential elements of our lives. This piece appears in This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings from…
Read articleLech Lecha: The Journey
“Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father’s house to the land which I will show you.” – Genesis 12:1. A brief meditation…
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