Posts tagged ‘self-improvement prayer’

Repentance Inside

What does it take to internalize a deep sense of repentance, so that real change is possible? What will it take to be the man G-d…

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Let Your Heart Stir

This three-stanza prayer/poem reflects the spiritual journey of t’shuva, repentance and return. The first stanza represents the month of Elul, when we are literally called to…

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Rules for Being Me in Jerusalem

This is a private meditation. That is, I don’t expect that it speaks fully to or for anyone but me. I wrote it several months ago, but it didn’t…

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Rhythms, Revised for Elul 5772

This meditation is about contrasting rhythms of life, time moving in a straight line and holiness moving in circles. Although it can be said at any…

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