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We are neighbors

Last night our HOA hosted the annual Halloween party for our neighborhood. 40-50 of us gathered in our clubhouse for a pizza dinner before heading out to trick-or-treat. I don’t know what came over me, but I suddenly felt an

Micah Lapidus November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Daily Life, Holidays, Relationships Read more

We Come Full Circle

We Come Full Circle A circle is opened. Sitting in the circle: People of different faiths, backgrounds, experiences, colors, voices, faces, hopes, fears, loves, names. Singing: to punctuate the silence. Silence: to punctuate the song. Eyes closed: visions unfold. Eyes

Micah Lapidus July 20, 2018 Poetry, Prayer, Relationships Read more

Jewish Marriage Retreat

3 years ago, my wife, Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus, and her colleague, Rabbi Lydia Medwin, created a marriage retreat through our synagogue, The Temple, in Atlanta, GA. Since both Loren and Lydia are married to rabbis, the 4 of us

Micah Lapidus April 16, 2018 Relationships Read more

Making Space

Two parallel processes– making space within and making space around. I’m working on creating space within. Building on the space between breaths. Stretching the space between stimulus and response, between experience and reaction. Trying to cultivate a kind of internal

Micah Lapidus March 20, 2018 Daily Life, Relationships Read more

What is Scripture?

I didn’t realize it until a few moments ago, but for the last couple of years (maybe longer), I’ve been thinking about the question: “What is Scripture?” Now that I realize this has been a foundational question for me, I

Micah Lapidus March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Life Lessons, Relationships, Torah Read more

What’s it like to be a rabbi?

I have a cherished colleague. Her name is Dr. M. Cathy Harmon-Christian. She teaches in the theology department at Marist. Among other things, she and I have a chavruta, a study-based friendship. It’s a lot of fun. An offshoot of that chavruta

Micah Lapidus October 3, 2017 Daily Life, Judaism, Life Lessons, Relationships, Spirituality 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

Asking for a Friend

Asking for a Friend For permission & forgiveness compassion & judgment discretion & sharing warnings & recommendations teaching & learning seeing & believing witnessing & forgetting embracing & discarding approval & disdain sharing & keeping tears of all kinds tears

Micah Lapidus September 9, 2017 Elul, Poetry, Relationships 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

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
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