You have discovered the secret of divine presence: You don’t have to travel to it. It’s always wherever you already are. God never leaves. It’s we who do.
ESSAY: It’s So Close (Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh) Read More »
It is here, in this moment, as it is, as we are, that we find divine presence and peace, even in the midst of distress. Wherever we are, there God is, so close.
MEDITATION: It’s So Close (Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh) Read More »
Does the earth need you to keep it turning, does the sun need you to make it rise? We think it is all on us, but it is not. Lie down in the flow and let yourself be carried.
ESSAY: Becoming A Land Flowing With Milk And Honey (Parashat Ki Tavo) Read More »
Lying here in the river and letting yourself be carried along, softening, dissolving, moving from solid to liquid, becoming a flow of milk and honey.
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Like Elijah disguised as a beggar at the door, might God not be disguised as your own inner beggar child asking for love?
ESSAY: To Love God And To Join God In Loving (Parashat Va’etchanan) Read More »
This meditation explores the ve’ahvta command — love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. It considers first what it feels like to be that devoted to anything — to the point of offering up your life — and then asks — what does it mean to
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“God hates us,” the people say. We think we can hate ourselves with impunity. But what if learning to receive God’s love is one of our major life tasks?
ESSAY: Learning To Receive Love (Parashat Devarim) Read More »
God doesn’t love us because we are good, but because God is good.
MEDITATION: Feeling Like God Hates You — Or You Hate Yourself (Parashat Devarim) Read More »
Lying down beside the suffering one, stroking her hair, singing her a lullaby.
ESSAY: Here We Lay Down Together (Parashat Matot-Masei) Read More »
When you slept, I lay down with you. When you were cold, I was cold with you. When you had a headache, I saw and I cared.
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