Ashrei: a sermon delivered for VST Sunday at Lynn Valley United Church. Scripture reading was Matthew 5:1-12, from The Message…
Category: Spirituality
Airport Adventures 101
Airport, airline, flight delays. Lots of them this week. A young man sat next to me on the last flight.…
Imagination: Spiritual Light
Imagination. A mash-up of images, feelings, and thoughts. It flows in its own direction…but it can also be useful! Sometimes,…
Forgiveness is a Mystery
A Story of Forgiveness I had a longtime rupture with a family member. I don’t need to give you the…
Balaam: A Seer in Training
Balaam, star of Parshat Balak (Num 22:2-25:9) . He’s a seer, alright. Just not a great one. He certainly receives…
Shechinah: Goal of the Omer
Are you a fan of Shechinah, the ideal mother and close divine presence? Do you count—or want to count—the Omer?…
Spiritual Birth: Omer 49
Birth Day. That’s one way of thinking about the last day of the Omer. The day we touch on Shechinah…
Afterlife: Omer 46
Netzach: eternity. Malchut or Shechinah: close divine spiritual presence. I think about the afterlife sometimes. As in life after death.…
Yesod the Stream: Omer 41
Yesod. Foundation. Yesod she’b’Yesod. Ultimate Foundation. What kind of foundation? Not the solid one we see under a house. But…