Please listen to my song, hear my prayer.
Lead me to a rock that is too high without you.
Yes, I will offer blessings with my life.
Read MoreEnter into the wilderness, the One calls.
Leave your routines, your habitual responses,
Go forth from expectations and conditioned behavior.
Read MoreHigh desert canyons,
Red walls reaching upward,
Streaks of yellow sandstone and Navaho white.
Read MoreThe soul cries, it sobs, the world is so broken.
There is so much pain.
What can I possibly do?
Read MoreAs we welcome Shabbat, we also continue welcoming the new month of Iyar, which began on Wednesday.
Read MoreOn Shabbat I have taken on the practice of saying no to many things.
I say no to technology and don’t go near a computer. I don’t listen to the radio or watch TV.
I say no to commerce and I don’t go shopping or deal with money.
Read MoreThis Pesach Shabbat may we rest in the beauty of the world blossoming.
May the green buds and the flowers shining yellow, pink and red give us hope.
There is so much love in the world, so much kindness and care.
As we enter into Pesach, the Festival of Liberation, may we soften our hearts, lift up our eyes and welcome each other as brothers and sisters.
Read MoreAs we acknowledge the suffering and brokenness that exists in us and in our world and reach out from this place to make connections, to share who we are and what we have to offer, the matzah goes from being the bread of poverty to being the bread of connection, hope and faith.
Read MoreA prayer as we enter Shabbat and continue our walk toward Pesach.
Read MoreAny time we find the strength and courage to stay open to the anguished cry, we move out of enslavement.
Read MoreIt is time, the Infinite calls, Come.
V’hotzati, I will take you out
Each of us, all of us, are being called to step into the fullness of our lives and grow, blossom, become.
Read MoreThese are questions for reflection as we search out the chamaytz—the attitudes and behaviors that keep us bound.
Read MoreDuring these days of Nisan, we search out the chamaytz—the attitudes and habits that bind us to fear and cause us to feel separate and unable to live and love fully.
Read MoreDraw close, the Mystery calls,
Draw close to me.