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Creative Meditation

August 5, 2020
Creative Meditation

A creative meditation. Designed to connect you with the creative resources in your own psyche. It’s based on a creative reading of the Bible’s donkey stories. The typical donkey scene in the Bible stars a human character who isn’t sure where they are going or what they will do when they arrive. But, they saddle…

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Ecology, Wisdom

Forest: Cooperation, Not Competition

July 29, 2020
Forest: Cooperation, Not Competition

How do you see the forest? Is it a site of cooperation? Or competition? There’s just three letters difference between the words. But they are a whole world view apart. It can be weird to read an author with a different world view. They get all the facts right, but organize them oddly. It’s as…

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Political, Torah, Wisdom

Land: One Indigenous Lens

June 21, 2020
Land: One Indigenous Lens

Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Canada. A good day to share Indigenous teachings. And also to take them to heart. Use them to see differently. That, I hope, is a kind of de-colonizing. So, today, I’ll talk about sustainability. And about the spirituality of land. With a bit of Torah thrown in, too. Recently, I took…

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Interfaith, Spirituality, Wisdom

Hope & Solidarity

May 15, 2020
Hope & Solidarity

Hope and Solidarity. Antidotes — we hope — to uncertainty and anxiety. Across Canada, religious communities have come together. How could this solidarity change us for the better? Contribute to a resilient society? Provide better support for those most vulnerable? In this 30-minute panel discussion, three religious leaders explore those questions. This webinar series is…

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Love, Spirituality, Wisdom

Love, if I die today...

March 28, 2020
Love, if I die today...

My love, if I die today, I want you to know. I love you. I’ve loved my life. And I want you to love yours. So, I offer you this ethical will. A letter from the heart. Just a few idealistic thoughts about a few precious values. A little wisdom to guide you on your…

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Political, Torah, Wisdom

Emor: Community with room for disability

May 17, 2019
Emor: Community with room for disability

Priests and sacred offerings. Disability and defect. Also, the death penalty. These are the themes of Parshat Emor, this week’s Torah reading. Emor may seem straightforward. But its view of disability is strange. Because it seems to contradict last week’s parsha. Last week, Parshat Kedoshim said: make sure everyone counts. Rich and poor. Native and immigrant. Mother and father. Landed and landless.…

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Jewish Practices, Spirituality, Wisdom

Spiritual Discipline: A Simple, Beautiful Start

May 6, 2019
Spiritual Discipline: A Simple, Beautiful Start

“Rabbi, I’d like to follow a Jewish spiritual practice. How do I start?” The answer is simple. Begin each day with gratitude. End with forgiveness. You may find that this pattern follows your natural daily rhythm. Imagine: you wake up in the morning, after a good sleep. You feel refreshed. The new day has so much potential. There’s so much to…

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Political, Torah, Wisdom

Reconciliation and Re-Creation: Parshat Pekudei

March 2, 2019
Reconciliation and Re-Creation: Parshat Pekudei

Human beings can re-create the world, says the Torah in Parshat Pekudei. This is heartening news for Canadians. Only a few decades ago, the Canadian government supported the genocide of Indigenous peoples. But, with the closing of the last Indian residential schools, genocidal polices have come to an end. Today, we hope to restore relationship,…

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Family, Spirituality, Wisdom

Death is Weird. Baruch Dayan Ha'Emet

March 2, 2019
Death is Weird. Baruch Dayan Ha'Emet

Death is weird. At least as weird as life, anyway. What can you say when a brother or a brother-in-law dies? Someone younger than you. Full of exuberant love. A carpe-diem, take-charge-of-life kind of guy. A recovering addict, who spent a decade healing his family. But whose body didn’t heal. And, just when he had…

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Political, Torah, Wisdom

Sodom is Evil: Why Didn't I See it Coming?

October 26, 2018
Sodom is Evil: Why Didn't I See it Coming?

Sodom. A biblical city. The name evokes evil. Rape. Corruption. Hatred of immigrants. Of course, you know that now. This week. But you did not know it last week. Not really. Last week, in synagogue, we read that the people of Sodom are bad (Gen. 13:13). But we felt sorry for them anyway. Because we saw…

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