You are a good Jew
We are enough. We are good Jews. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
Are we there yet?
Should we stay or should we go?
The question that always faces Jews is still relevant today, as are these words from seven years ago.
L’Shanah Tovah - a good new year to all.
We are called to live with chutzpah
As relevant today as it was in 2017, a call from Reform rabbis and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich to stand up in the face of injustices multiplying all around us, to live everyday with Chutzpah.
Be Brave and Connect
We are afraid to connect. I mean really connect. Sit down with one another and talk and listen. Share our hopes and dreams, fears and worries, in a real way, show up unannounced to help in a time of need. We are desperate to get past our normal discussion points - work, the news, kids and grandkids, the Panthers - and we are ill-equipped.
Creation starts with brokenness
All beginnings start with brokenness - feeling broken is the start of creation for the world and for all of us.
Our Names - Yom Kippur Sermon 5773
Our names help define us and we can redefine them too. As Jews we inherit many names, including these: Hebrew, Israel, and Jew. Each of them offers us a message of hope and transformation.