God tells Moshe: people will bring offerings: cattle, goats, sheep, birds, grain. Make sure Aaron and his crew know how…
Category: Interfaith
Who is my neighbour?
Last Tuesday evening, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver was targeted. After an emailed bomb threat, the building was…
Inter-spiritual picnic (Mishpatim)
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders ascended. They saw the God of Israel, and…
Teachings of the Land
I was raised to be an urbanite. Sure, I spent plenty of time outdoors, playing in parks, riding my bicycle,…
Mixed Feelings
A sermon presented at Canadian Memorial United Church, February 12, 2017, in video, with text version following. Song of the Sea,…
Talking about God
I’m kind of an unreflective theist; I grew up hearing the word “God.” On Shabbat, my family sang, “On the seventh…
Real Religious Pluralism
You may recognize the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel. Everyone on earth spoke the same language and used…
Don't Let Religion Divide Us
Spirit cloaks itself in different cultural expressions. And some religious teachers have used difference to denigrate and divide. In 55…
Real Love
At our Shabbat gatherings at synagogue, we read from the Torah about the adventures of our ancestors in the wilderness,…