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 »
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)
MEDITATION: The God Who Sees My Suffering (Parashat Lech Lecha) Read More »
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
ESSAY: An Ark of Kindness Through a Flood of Violence (Parashat Noah) Read More »
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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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
ESSAY: Inner Resourcing for Difficult Times (Parashat Bereishit) Read More »
Together we create inside us a collective and personal space that can hold what is difficult in this moment. (Click image to read more)
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You don’t need to go traipsing around the world, and you certainly don’t need someone else to do it for you. “Karov hadavar me’od.” You have everything you need right here. (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: It’s So Close, Right Here, Inside You (Parashat Nitzvaim-Vayelekh) Read More »
In this meditation, we explore the possibility that what we are seeking is very, very close – “karov hadavar me’od” — right here, inside us. (Click image to read more and listen)
MEDITATION: It’s So Close, Right Here, Inside You (Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelekh) Read More »
How can you not just do teshuva, but be a teshuva, be a response to God’s call, inhabit your whole being as a response to God’s desire for you? (Click image to read more)
ESSAY: Back and Forth — Our Reciprocal Relationship with God (Parashat Ki Tavo) Read More »