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…

Kabbalah and Everyday Life

God is present in the clarity of mystical experience AND in the cluttered consciousness of everyday mind. How can we learn to…

Rebecca became pregnant. The children struggled within her. She said, “If this is the case, why should I exist?” She…

Jewish communal prayer is both liturgy and experience. The liturgy expresses a theology — a theory about God. The experience stimulates inner…

Walking the labyrinth is an ancient movement meditation. With focus, you walk a winding path from margin to center, following…

Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, has been handed down from Biblical times. It has appeared in different guises, expressed in the…

Each wisdom tradition, says Hassidic teacher Reb Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), vibrates at a unique frequency. Each tradition is a…

Spring term teaching is over at Vancouver School of Theology — just in time for Passover! I’ll miss the class…

Acts of violence fill this week’s news. All have complex political, social and psychological causes. Amidst the complexity, can an…