Art and Practice
Send a blessing. Be a blessing. These are two of the arts and practices of inspiring love and sowing peace. Here’s a new meditation on embodying…
Read articleHowling at the Moon
This meditation was inspired by a writing workshop I conducted for teens. One youth asked if howling at the moon could be a prayer. We went outside…
Read articleThe Rhythm of Wonder
This meditation about radical amazement was inspired during a class on Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. I wondered silently if it would be possible…
Read articleThe Way of Spices
Here’s a new song of the spiritual traveler. An extended metaphor, it’s about understanding the nature of each moment and taking those moments into ourselves as gifts.…
Read articleIn Gratitude for Your Gifts
This prayer of gratitude is one of my few attempts at an English alphabetic acrostic. Here, the acrostic is in second word of the first two…
Read articleBreisheit: Evidence of Holiness
In a patch of sky seen from the South Pole, researchers say they have glimpsed the beginning of time, a faint microwave glow of the Big…
Read articleQuick Prayers
“Quick Prayers” provide handy, fast, easy-to-recite prayers for specific circumstances. Here’s an annotated list of my “Quick Prayers.” Click on the title to read the full prayer. They…
Read articleTending Gardens
Some gardens are tended by our hands. Others are tended by G-d’s will. This is a meditation on both the willingness to act in order to…
Read articleEvidence of Holiness
In a small patch of sky, seen from the South Pole, researchers say they have glimpsed the beginning of time. They have found the faint microwave…
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