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I recently picked up The Hobbit again. It’s been years since I last read it, and I was immediately struck by the lushness of description, particularly […]

Springtime in some parts of the world kick off ‘running of the bulls’ festivals.  In Western astrology we are right now in the sign of Taurus, […]

“I dream of two possible destinations…” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon describes poking around a bookstore in California and finding the book Say It in Yiddish […]

Derailed. When life is heading in a presumed direction and suddenly … an unexpected turn. Where’s the script? What is the protocol? Who’s in charge of […]

In a recent talk by colleague Dr. Jennifer Lamonica, another practitioner of this lineage, she mentioned having a “practice of responsibility”. I have long talked about […]

The sages tell us that we should always pray in the same place at the same time each day.  I grin when I hear this, because […]

Oh those wonderful screens! In an instant, click, and we open to the world. Facetime, Hangouts, Skype, Zoom … one minute we are virtually dining with […]

There is a lot of fear in the air these days. Something I’ve been thinking about is this quote by Rav Kook: “Therefore it is important […]

Look around. No matter what direction you gaze, where you tilt your ears, you’ll find what’s wrong in the world. The climate, refugees, terrorists, rain forests […]