Be Curious, Not Judgmental: A Theology of Welcome
There are spaces that open their doors and make me feel received, and then there are spaces that open their doors but already have a shape in mind for who I should become once I step inside.
Finishing Passover With Lessons Learned
When we can delay the need for convenience and pleasure on demand, we actually tap into ancestral muscle memory for living rich and meaningful lives with a greater capacity for wisdom.
In Your Midst: Distance, Presence, and the Work of Relationship
Over time, healthy relationships develop space; the love has become strong enough to tolerate separation.
Finding Your Calling In The Margins
In a world that calls for our attention in hundreds of ways each week, how do we choose where to place our focus?
Illuminate the past, the present, and the future, this Holocaust Remembrance Day
We all need more illumination, perhaps now more than ever, especially as illumination does not determine what we see or how to understand what we see.
The Two That Is One
Too much intensity—even when with the right intentions—in all the wrong places can be destructive.
A Blessing on a Cheeseburger
As I look back to that time, I believe I was beginning to wonder how eating could be a sacred act even if my actions were not based in Jewish law.
We Need to Experience the Seder to Grow Our Resilience
Seder rituals can be tools of well-being and resilience that we can call up whenever we feel the need for strength or joy.
How to Talk About the Hard Thing: Lessons from the Seder
If the seder is a model of how to tell the story of the hard thing, what can we learn from it?
Who Will Help the Helpers? On Sustainable Leadership
That is what it feels like to be a communal servant right now. Not broken in one place. Broken into pieces, each one flying in a different direction.