Prepare to show up to let go to find freedom to disappear to be carried to be alone to be one to be many to be none to be empty to be form to be formless to be dance to be voice to be breath to be heartbeat it’s all happening now
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#BlogElul 2017 Day 2– Search
Searching for the sound for the chord for the note for the words for the letters for the syllables for the rhythm for the meter for the heartbeat for the loud for the quiet for the silence of the song
#BlogElul 2017 Day 1– Act
Act… out of love out of fear out love out fear moving towards moving away striving denying with alone your age ageless the tragicomic comitragic cosmic expanse of now
6th Grade Tefilah Bootcamp
At the start of every school year we take our 6th graders aside for some special Tefilah learning that helps them get ready to participate in Middle School Tefilah. I returned to my office after the first of these special sessions, called “6th Grade Tefilah Bootcamp” to find the following thought-provoking prompts and responses on […]
empty-handed
This week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, ends with the idea that no one should come to God empty-handed (Deut. 16:16). As I heard these words chanted from the Torah this morning, I found myself wondering whether it’s actually possible to show up empty-handed. To me, empty-handed implies that we’ve got nothing. Absolutely nothing. To bring. To […]
Notes on The American Acoustic Tour
I rarely attend concerts on Friday night due to Shabbat, but this last Friday I went to see The American Acoustic Tour at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. I went because my good friend, Matt Coffman, came to town specifically so we could go to this live performance. It didn’t disappoint. We pulled in to the […]