Whereas she has been sidelined everywhere else, here, in God’s mind, she becomes the center of attention.

Let your not mattering part take in the glow of the centering divine spotlight, slowly uncurling, standing up, opening the door and claiming her space as a full equal.

We think it is about meeting expectations, but maybe it is really about receiving love.

We need not be Avraham to connect to God. We can be lonely and distraught in the desert, like Hagar, runinng away from our life. We can feel ashamed and… Read more: MEDITATION: On Hagar and The Angels Who Find Us Wherever We Are (Parashat Lech Lecha)

Maybe you thnk – but the world is drowning, what right do I have to rest in this ark of comfort and love? I believe you not only have a right, but an obligation, that it is a form of activism.

We enter Noah’s ark amidst the storm, experiencing the safety, the calm, the rest, the light and the care. We then consider how we might become such a sanctuary, such a light ourselves.