Bereishit (Genesis)

Bereshit (Genesis)

MEDITATION: Entering the Sanctuary of Sarah’s Tent (Parashat Chayei Sarah)

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)

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ESSAY: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I Am (Parashat Vayera)

I was distracted by worry, but I’m back now, right here with you. (Click image to read more)

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MEDITATION: The Stance of “Hineni”: Here I am (Parashat Vayera)

“Hineni” is a way of living into your fullest possible self in this present moment. (Click image to read more and to listen)

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QUICK THOUGHT: Naming God (Parashat Lech Lecha)

Hagar names God, a radically intimate and empowered act. What name would you give God? (Click image to read more)

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ESSAY: The God Who Sees All of Me (Parashat Lech Lecha)

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)

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QUICK THOUGHT: God Sees Hagar’s Suffering (Parashat Lech Lecha)

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)

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MEDITATION: The God Who Sees My Suffering (Parashat Lech Lecha)

In her suffering, Hagar has an experience of God in the desert that fortifies her to return to her life. How can we, too, be strengthened? (Click image to read more)

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ESSAY: An Ark of Kindness Through a Flood of Violence (Parashat Noah)

We are, like Noah, surrounded by a flood, a flood of violence, death and destruction.  And we are in danger of falling into this storm, being sucked under, emotionally flooded, overwhelmed by despair and dread and powerlessness. How do we navigate this situation and stay afloat in the flood?  How do we respond in a

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MEDITATION: An Ark of Kindness Through a Flood of Violence (Parashat Noah)

During the flood, Noah and his family spent their time taking care of the many varied needs of the animals in the ark. They rode through a sea of death and destruction in a vehicle of kindness. In this meditation, we consider this story as a model for our own beleaguered state of being, and

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ESSAY: Inner Resourcing for Difficult Times (Parashat Bereishit)

In difficult times, our energy tends to get scattered and our focus, exclusively outward.  But in such times, there is an even greater need for us to be well resourced internally so that we can hold the difficulty and act from this higher place, from the deep well inside us . Parashat Breishit offers us

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