We are unlikely and inevitable beings. And that encourages me. I don't know if I am meant to be here. But my being here defies the odds, and the whole history of Creation led to it. So if that doesn't give me some hope that my being here has meaning, what does?
Read moreDiscontinuity, and a German Cemetery
When I stood at that cemetery on that rainy hilltop, I felt seen. Not that I in particular was foreseen, but that the possibility of me had been contemplated.
Read moreBumping into God
Or maybe you climb a mountain and spend 40 days and nights sitting in anticipation, maybe meditating, maybe praying. Until the hand of God appears, scribbling madly on stone.
Or maybe you follow a baby goat until you notice a burning bush. Or you chase a stray calf right into a cave filled with the light of Eden.
Or maybe you do nothing at all.
Read moreTorah The Musical – And Other Lessons from the Broadway Stage
After much thought, I decided Torah, as a musical, is maybe most like "Into the Woods." Here's why.
Read moreJoseph the Matriarch
We are now in the annual 4-week saga of Joseph, and I find myself eyeing him across the ages. I see him young, middle aged and, at long last, at the end of his life, settling in to be a grandmother, the matriarch of his line.
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