Recently someone I know asked me for some information about myself. I had only a vague general idea about why…
Category: Spirituality
Midrash from the Inside Out
The story of the Beaver Bog is true. It is also an allegory. The meaning of the allegory can best…
Naked Reflection
This semester, I am teaching a course called “Midrash and the Rabbinic Imagination” at the University of British Columbia. Yesterday,…
Philos-Sophia
Why worry about consciousness when the political world is falling apart around us? Isn’t it like “fiddling while Rome burns”?…
Praying for Presence
One day in the course of my recent work, I sat with four different people: one trying to rescue a…
Gateway to Kabbalah
The Hebrew word for Sophia is chochma. In the tradition of Kabbalah, the word chochma describes the very first glimmer…
Layers of Consciousness
My husband Charles is studying the history of Sophia Street. He has read books, viewed maps, scanned photographic archives, and…
Spirit of the Bear
As late as 1910, Sophia Street was home to black bears. Today, we share the street with fellow mammals coyote,…
Welcome to Sophia Street
Sophia means “Wisdom.” And I live on Sophia Street. Sophia Street in Vancouver, Canada, was built in 1885 by developer…