Unconditional Love: Omer 3

Tiferet. Beauty. Tiferet she’b’chesed, the beauty in love. I want the people I love to find me beautiful. What do…

Boundaries in Love: Omer 2

Boundaries. Strength. Good Judgment. You need these to love well. Or, as we say in Omer speak, gevurah she’b’chesed, boundaries…

Love. Kindness. Two good translations of the Hebrew word chesed. If you’re counting the Omer, chesed is the word of…

The “Examen.” A prayerful reflection, made famous by the Jesuit leader St. Ignatius of Loyola. Sometimes it takes you to…

Shalom. Peace. Integration. Wholeness. Hello and goodbye—an entire cycle of welcome. A face of the divine, according to the priestly…

Hanukah has a clear spiritual meaning. On one level, it’s simple. And, on another, it’s mystical. Winter is a dark…

Words of wisdom, from my late friend Gwen. “You have green hair.” Of course, I’ll explain. Gwen was part of…

What is Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)? It’s a work of existential philosophy, about the meaning of life. A political critique, looking realistically…

“Whom can I accuse, of whom revenge demand, when I have borne deep suffering at my own hand?” This whole…