Category Archives: Spirituality

Simplifying

I have so often felt overwhelmed, out of balance, with thousands of thoughts running through my mind each day. I felt this past year or two as if I were a stalk of wheat, blowing this way and that in … Continue reading

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A year later…

One year ago today, October 27, a shooter killed 11 people from 3 congregations in the Tree of Life building in Squirrel Hill. So many thoughts are circling in my mind and the best way to process them? Write! First … Continue reading

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Spiritual preparation

May we all do some soul-searching, regardless of religion, and recognize that it is we who must change in order for the wider world around us to change for the better. Continue reading

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Art commemorates adventure: we are surrounded by love

One year ago, I began looking back at the many Facebook messages, emails, and blog post comments full of support and love for my family after Hurricane Harvey. I was astounded that I had heard from so many people and … Continue reading

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How we grow

Learning to see the obstacles as a gift is really really hard. At least for me. To do that, we first have to completely let go of the expectation that things are meant to be a certain way for us. Then we have to learn to trust… trust in the unforeseen infinite powers at play in the universe that events will unfold as they are meant to and that there will be nothing that is not meant to be. Perhaps we can come to find peace in the knowledge that there is ultimately nothing to worry about, that somewhere, somehow, all is as it should be. Continue reading

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Home and exile: a Passover accounting

We will be celebrating Passover in less than 2 weeks. Passover is always on the 15th of the Jewish month of Nissan, which is a full moon.  During the Passover Seder, we retell the story of the Israelites’ journey from slavery to freedom. … Continue reading

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