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A Rabbi Walks into a Church of Scientology

Today I took a step outside my comfort zone. I visited and toured our local Church of Scientology here in Atlanta, GA. A bit of context. I’m a member of the Sandy Springs Interfaith Clergy Association. The group meets monthly,

Micah Lapidus November 15, 2018 Daily Life, Interfaith, People Read more

Guns and Grills

Tonight I had a vendor out to the house to do some measuring for some new kitchen appliances. It turns out that ovens don’t last forever. When he called to say that he was a few minutes away he sounded like a

Micah Lapidus November 15, 2017 Daily Life, People Read more

Water Main Break

Woke up this morning to gushing water in our front yard. Happy Sunday! The short version: our main water line needs to be replaced. Just had a plumber out here to take a look. A really nice young man. He

Micah Lapidus November 12, 2017 Daily Life, Interfaith, People Read more

Be a Blessing

“Be a blessing.” That’s God’s instruction to Abram in Genesis 12. Whenever I read these words or think of this teaching, I think of Rabbi Alvin Sugarman. Many years ago he and I were part of a rabbinic panel at

Micah Lapidus October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 Daily Life, Jewish Teachings, Jews, People, Torah Read more

An Incomplete Meditation on Connectedness

An Incomplete Meditation on Connectedness   I am connected   to this computer   to this couch   to the sounds of the white noise machines in my kids’ rooms being carried through the speaker of our video monitor  

Micah Lapidus October 2, 2017October 3, 2017 Buddhism, People, Poetry, Relationships Read more

Knowing and Unknowing

So this is an actual conversation that took place with a bunch of 5th graders this week in the context of a class I teach called Menschology… What if each of us actually knew a lot more about a lot

Micah Lapidus August 28, 2017August 25, 2017 Daily Life, People Read more

Driving on Roswell Road

The other day I was driving on Roswell Road. In Atlanta. Sandy Springs, technically. It was about 6:15 pm. Suddenly. I realized. I knew the person. In the car. In front of me.   Which made sense. Because we were

Micah Lapidus August 7, 2017August 6, 2017 People, Poetry, Prayer, Relationships, Spirituality Read more

We’ve gotta keep the world big.

  During the opening “rant” of Episode 830 of his bi-weekly WTF Podcast, Marc Maron said something that resonated with me. He said, “We’ve gotta keep the world big.” I like that. I like it because, for at least a

Micah Lapidus July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 Life Lessons, People, Spirituality Read more

Death (Day 3)

Everyone else in the hotel has their plans for the day and we have ours. People look at you a little funny and with a tinge of pity when they see you dressed in funerary garb. The limo arrives at

Micah Lapidus July 6, 2017 Daily Life, Life Lessons, People, Relationships Read more

Death (Day 2)

All of a sudden it’s a new day. I guess it’s obvious but you only have one date of death. Quickly time starts to accumulate. Today my daughter got a napkin and wiped tears from my wife’s eyes. Then she

Micah Lapidus July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 Daily Life, Life Lessons, People, Relationships, Spirituality Read more
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