After Uvalde: The Court of the Innocent
The Court of the Innocent has lost faith in us: a rebuke from the gates of heaven. This is another meditation written in the sorrowful aftermath…
Read articleIn Memoriam: Sandy Hook
The seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is today, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2017. Here are two prayers to mark…
Read articleFor the People of the United States, From Israel
As events unfold in Greater Boston, here’s a new prayer for the people of the United States, written from Israel. Although this prayer is aimed at the…
Read articleFor Terror Survivors
In the wake of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, I’ve taken a prayer published as part of “A Liturgy for 9-11”and generalized it for all terror victims. A…
Read articleMeditation on the Burial of a Young Child
This prayer is a response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It can be used as a private meditation or as part of a…
Read articleFor the Children of Newtown
There are no words. Yet we need them. Words of consolation. Words of prayer. This is an adaptation of “After a Deadly Rampage,” a general prayer…
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