Bereshit (Genesis)
We can, like Yaakov, move out of hiding to step into our own larger Yisrael self, to feel our own power, strength, confidence and divine essence. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: Coming Into Our Own “Yisrael” Power (Parashat Vayishlach) Read More »
How do we attain true divine blessing? There is a lot of grasping and chasing after blessing in this parsha, but there is also another model . . . (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Planting Seeds: An Alternative To Chasing After Blessing (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
How do we attain true divine blessing — by grasping and chasing or by planting and trusting? (Click here to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: On Planting Seeds and Receiving Blessing (Parashat Toldot) Read More »
When the world around us becomes full of very real, concrete and seemingly irresolvable conflict, we need to spend some time in this sanctuary and remember the miraculous. (Click here to read more)
ESSAY: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
We enter into the sanctuary created by Sarah inside ourselves, finding our own comfort and hope and a renewed capacity for love. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah) Read More »
I was distracted by worry, but I’m back now, right here with you. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I Am (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
“Hineni” is a way of living into your fullest possible self in this present moment. (Click image to read more and to listen)
MEDITATION: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I am (Parashat Vayera) Read More »
Hagar names God, a radically intimate and empowered act. What name would you give God? (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: Naming God (Parashat Lech Lecha) Read More »
What do we need when we are suffering? To be seen, both in our suffering and in our wholeness. Learn from Hagar. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: The God Who Sees All of Me (Parashat Lech Lecha) Read More »
Here is what calls out to me in the parsha this week — the breadth of God’s concern for human suffering. (Click image to read more)
QUICK THOUGHT: God Sees Hagar’s Suffering (Parashat Lech Lecha) Read More »