The Officer in the Closet
My father’s silence told me there was something else, buried deep inside him, that I could not reach.
Compassion and Empathy
Retreating from Our Known World
How long before these breaking news headlines start to break me—or the deeper, real-er version of me?
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.
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.
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?
Learning from the Pain of the Narrow Places
April 1st, 2024: the day my mind rebelled against my body stubbornly insisting that I was fine, when, in fact, I was an April Fool.