Category Archives: Writing

Is this really the best we can be?

I am so embarrassed on behalf of our country and want to proclaim to the rest of the world, “This is not who we really are!” How do we move beyond “us vs. them” and see the interconnectedness we share? Continue reading

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A global awakening?

This morning, when I opened my bedroom door to the hallway, I felt a noticeable wave of warmth, a big temperature difference between the two spaces. We have been trying to figure out our new tech-enabled thermostats, the ones that … Continue reading

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The Great Pause

We were all running full-tilt in countless directions before this latest epidemic put up a flag and everything skidded to a stop. In many ways, life was growing unmanageable. Many felt a growing emptiness and loneliness amidst all the available … 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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Checking in…terview

I am looking forward to a general sense of having landed after a long journey, of being home. 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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