Check out the timeless, poetic wisdom of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel in bite-size pieces on my Pinterest board. I've taken Heschel's "greatest hits" from his classic book, The Sabbath in the hope of inspiring us all to take time to unplug, be present, and appreciate what is. Rabbi Heschel's wisdom is timeless and poetic. He teaches that as human Continue Reading
Returning Home: Spiritual Preparation for the High Holy Days
A 4 session “virtual” telecourse* that you can take in any time zone and at your convenience! August 20, 27 & September 3, 10 Thursday evenings Each year, we begin again. We journey back to our Source, our selves, our souls. The high holy day period is one in which we turn ourselves around. We remember who we are. Each year, we have the Continue Reading
Waking Up: Am I Present? Am I “enough?”
Welcome to the third day of Journey of the Soul. We* continue with this week’s kavannah (intention) Waking Up Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count On day one, we wrote of God’s call of Ayeka (Where are you?) to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9) In response to this question of existential condition, the Torah tells us that Adam and Continue Reading
A Hidden Wholeness
Parker Palmer, the great educator and philosopher writes about Thomas Merton's statement: "..there is in all things...a hidden wholeness..."* And he goes on to quote Mary Oliver, the poet: "This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know...that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness." In our tradition, the Kabbalists and Continue Reading
Awaken #BlogElul 17
On the 17th day of the month of Elul, we are now on the other side of the full moon, leaning into Rosh Hashanah. Will we be ready? More than preparing the menu or our new clothes, we still have time to awaken our souls from the sleep we may have been in. It's not to feel bad - it's a natural rhythm of sleep, awake, sleep awake. But now is the time to Continue Reading
