Shabbos dinner with young university students is an adventure. Charles and I warm them up with a few glasses of…
Category: Interfaith
Where did that sermon come from, Rabbi?
Saturday January 1, 2005: My first day of work as a congregational rabbi. “You can lead part of the service,”…
Interfaith or Multicultural?
Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because…
The Ninth of Av
When my mother, of blessed memory, was in her mid-fifties, she attended a self-help psychology workshop. Afterwards, she said, “This…
Culture Clash
You can’t take a course called ‘The Land is Sacred’ in the Native Ministries program without going out on the…
Is the Bible an Indigenous Text?
Is the Bible an Indigenous Text? That’s the question my colleague Rev. Ray Aldred, a status Cree from Northern Alberta, posed to…
With Perfect Faith
A lion lies down with a lamb A kingdom of heaven brings the rule of love A trumpet declares God’s mercy…
Is Kabbalah a Universal Theology?
Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, has been handed down from Biblical times. It has appeared in different guises, expressed in the…
Crossing the Interfaith River
Each wisdom tradition, says Hassidic teacher Reb Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), vibrates at a unique frequency. Each tradition is a…