A night time dream, July 8, 2014: We arrive home from a trip. Our little cat Keely, a lively green-eyed…
Category: Spirituality
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.”…
Where is God's Glory?
We’ve had a week of heartbreaking events. Where, where is God? On the banners of one or another army? In…
Suffering: Why Does God Allow It?
This week, I happen to be teaching a course to rabbinic students called Losing God, Finding God: Jewish Responses to…
Letting Go of Literalism
A Biblical story, from parshat hashavua: The king of Moab approaches the prophet Balaam, hoping to hire Balaam to curse the…
Me, Me, Meaning
We are the “selfie generation.” Don’t let the epithet unsettle you. According to leading sociologists, we are not the first…
Magical Realism
It’s 1976. I wake up to find myself in my dorm room. The clock says it’s 11:20 am. I have…
Four Worlds of Interfaith Dialogue
Does interfaith dialogue work? I ask this question often, in one form or another. And often, people answer with…
Falling Apart
Falling apart is a kind of strength. At least, that’s what I’m learning as I reflect this week on…