What a journey you and I are on right now. Together. We have had trips canceled, weddings postponed, jobs lost. We have had holidays and funerals over Zoom. We walk outside with masks. Not only have we removed events from our calendars, but we have also had to "shed" the skin we have had until now. When this is all over, we will be new Continue Reading
Are You Ready To Take A Breath?
Stop right now. Put your hand on your heart and take a breath. What a time we are in. There is so much free-floating anxiety and fear. Trust in institutions is shattered. It is not only the political climate. There is the fear of out-of-control climate change and the coronavirus. Truth itself is questioned. We feel it in traffic and on social media. Continue Reading
What is Being Birthed From This Darkness?
There's so much darkness and chaos right now. The environment is cloaked with it. I can see it in my newsfeed. I feel it on the roadways. In moments like this, I have to reach deep, to what I know to be true. Here it is: I know that light comes out of the darkness if we wait long enough. In the very beginning of the Hebrew bible, we read that chaos Continue Reading
You Were Created For Just This Moment
Please - for just one moment - Breathe in: You are a precious sacred being unlike any other on this earth. Exhale: love & compassion for every other creature on this earth. You were created for just this moment - to be uniquely you in this world so desperately in need of love & compassion that only you can give. Rabbi Jill Continue Reading