I have moved my home office outside. Yes, now I am doing my Zoom sessions on our porch. Ely has set up the bird feeders and birdbaths so we have many enchanting visitors. Just yesterday I noticed that there are a few tiny birds building a nest in the dryer vent, directly above where I sit! Sometimes I have to stop during a Zoom meeting to show the people 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
Your Freedom To Choose
At each moment, as people in an open society, we have the freedom to choose our actions. Every action we take builds on the previous. For example, if on a regular basis, you act with integrity and honesty, after a while, this becomes part of your character. It becomes difficult to act otherwise. Similarly, when you continually close your eyes to the truth Continue Reading
Hold Both Truth & Joy
Rosh Hashanah 2019 This is the sermon I delivered on Rosh Hashanah at the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County. People asked to read it - so here it is: Rabbi Alan Lew, of blessed memory, writes that the High Holy Days season promises nothing less than total personal transformation - IF we do the work, and pay attention. Each of us should leave Continue Reading
Truth: “We” Is The Only Way
These times require us to acknowledge the truth that WE are all connected. It is the only way. It has always been the truth, but we have failed to accept this reality and live into it. The poet Adrienne Rich writes, "we have lost track of the meaning of “we..." Our world and our country and our relationships demand that we re-orient ourselves. The Continue Reading