Fathers: The Time To Empower Your Family is Now
People wonder what they can do to decrease the tumult in the world today. I offer only this: That we rededicate ourselves to the ideal of giving to our children as a means of creating more love.
Lusting After The Perfect Sermon On Yom Kippur
It’s Yom Kippur: time for my annual sermon. And time, as always, for introspection.
My Daughter And The Chelsea Bomb
Sunday morning my daughter gave me a call: “I am kind of freaked out. It turns out that I walked by the unexploded pressure cooker bomb, about an hour before it was discovered.”
When Shoe Shopping Is A Spiritual Investigation
How feet, shoes, and self-image have reflected my own spiritual journey.
Pascal’s Premise: You Don’t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right
The power of being someone’s student before you can become their teacher.
OK Was The New Euphoria: My Journey Into Klonopin
Klonopin was gloriously calming during times of grief and anxiety… but then I discovered a horrible risk.
Fifteen Years Later: A Prayer
Dear God, there are days when I struggle to see Your majesty in the sky.
An Agonistic Encounter With A Featherless Bird That Had Broad Flat Nails
What follows is a conversation between a Jew and a man who may or may not be the 4th century BCE Greek philosopher, and proponent of Cynicism, Diogenes.