Inside the (Hanukkah) Light
This meditation on light pluses with hope, carrying echoes of Hanukkah. It’s about seeing, feeling, and loving the light shining around us, and our yearning to…
Read articleSource of Bread
A meditation on physical and spiritual sustenance, and the power of blessing to summon a connection to the divine. Source of Bread What is bread Without…
Read articleLet’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……
Read articleCome Walk, Revisited
Saturday marks 50 years since the first manned spacecraft landed on the Moon, with the first human steps there coming a few hours later, with Apollo…
Read articleGuest Writer: Yoni Hammer-Kossoy
A Shavuot prayer-poem by my kehilla friend Yoni Hammer-Kossoy. His poetry recently appeared or is forthcoming in Forage Poetry, Dime Show Review, the Sunlight Press and…
Read articleA Land Your Heart Knows
A new song of the Spiritual Traveler. It’s about hearing the music in your veins, the music in the wind and the music in the sky.…
Read articleSeeking the One
A meditation on seeking G-d and the flow of love, a song of the Spiritual Traveler. This piece appears in This Precious Life: Encountering the Divine…
Read articleThe Pulse of Holiness
Yesterday, in the early morning, two ideas drifted in and out of my consciousness as I drifted in and out of sleep. Love, and holiness. After…
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 Largest Prayer
This is a new meditation on prayer, written in three- and six-word lines and inspired by my new Facebook group, Six-Word Prayers. Please feel free to…
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