In a previous article I shared how much I love a good social documentary, but I also love some good stand-up comedians. Whether it’s Ellen DeGeneres or Robin Williams, Jim Gaffigan or Mitch Hedberg, Tig Notaro or Hasan Minhaj, Hannah …
I recently found out that writing prompts is a thing. Not the prompts for final exams, or for paper assignments, but random sentences that are meant to serve as exercises for creative writers. It may be something I should have …
I’m a sucker for a good social documentary. Not too long ago, my wife and I watched one about bees. It doesn’t sound like the most thrilling Oscar-worthy film, but it surprisingly kept my attention, and I learned a lot …
In a TEDx Talk, My friend Rabbi Chava Bahle reminds us that the Hebrew letter aleph — א — stands for oneness. Recently, I have been contemplating both aleph and the importance of oneness. In this time of great division, …
I have a huge tree in my yard that has died. I have obtained a variety of expert opinions, and there is no saving the 120+-year-old tree. From what the experts, “tree men,” and arborists tell me, the tree has …
Once, while I was living in New York City, I decided to say hello to people I would walk by on the street. As rough and gruff as New Yorkers can be, I thought it could be a simple way …
Today is May 1. May 1st, the day that bring hope to the masses (the end of the semester is fast approaching) and dread to the masses (the end of the semester is fast approaching). Seems like only yesterday it …
At every Sangha meeting, it seems, we have a conversation about the stresses resulting from the attempt to jam a seemingly endless list of obligations and responsibilities into the confines of the 24-hour day. There are all of the things …
You could say I’m a bit of a church mutt. I grew up Lutheran, spent about a decade in a Baptist church, attended non-denominational and evangelical Protestant churches for years, visited numerous Pentecostal and Orthodox churches, became an ordained minister …
“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and …