Remember that old childhood game, "Truth or Dare?" Someone asks you a question, and you can either answer it truthfully, or you have to accept a "dare." It's a forced… Read More
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How Can We Get Unstuck?
One of my favorite Buddhist teachers and writers, Pema Chodron, is leading an online course called Getting Unstuck: The Freedom to Choose Something Different. I love the title of this… Read More
Praise through the Pain
As we sang and clapped to Psalm 150 on Rosh Hashanah, I listened closely to the words, the invitation to praise the Sacred Source with every breath, with dance, drum… Read More
The Season of Forgiveness
The ten days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are referred to as the Yamim Nora'im, the Days of Awe, the season of atonement and forgiveness. A hefty measure… Read More
Footsteps and Footnotes
I love the footnotes in the prayer book; sometimes they speak to me more powerfully than the liturgy itself. Yesterday during Rosh Hashanah services, as I prepared for the Amidah,… Read More