Jewish communal prayer is both liturgy and experience. The liturgy expresses a theology — a theory about God. The experience stimulates inner…
Category: Jewish Renewal
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…
Spiritual Leadership
We are all spiritual leaders in our daily lives. When we embody the gifts we have received through our religious traditions,…
A Precious Resource: Found at Durga Puja
We came to the Laxmi Narayan Hindu Mandir (Temple) in Surrey, Canada, expecting to see unfamiliar religious practices. But, as…
Anointed by Synchronicity
Synchronicity, as defined by Carl Jung, occurs when two or more events are connected by their meanings — though not…
Horseradish Harvest
Yesterday at Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we harvested horseradish from our synagogue garden. We are an…
God is Coming and She Brings Hope
For forty-eight minutes, Father O’ neal was dead. As he crossed over into the next realm, he saw God. Forty-eight…
Dreaming of Hitler
Friends, just a few nights ago, I had a bizarre and baffling dream. Before I share the content, I should…
Rabbi Laura's Day Off
Our 21 year old daughter has invited her parents to The Intention Gathering, a “self-sustaining, all-ages, ethnically diverse superfragilistic-art-dance-creative community.”…