Am I the One?
I was living in Port-au-Prince in 2015 when Hurricane Matthew crashed into Haiti’s southern peninsula. News trickled in of the devastation, and my colleagues and I began gathering truckloads of food, medical supplies, and construction materials to send down with our team of volunteers. “Are you going with them?” A friend asked.“Oh no,” I said. […]
Come Alive – Jan. 28, 2020
“Don’t ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and go do it, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” –Howard Thurman
To Have a Call… – Jan. 27, 2020
“A call is like this: it’s up and down… and with age, comes perspective. You’ve heard the call and have answered. To have a call, and a community of people behind us, is all we can ask for.” –Rev. Fred Taylor Fred died this past November. He said this after I shared my call and vision […]
To Catch the World
Leaving home happens in physical and metaphysical ways. The leaf turns loose of the branch. The newborn bird flies her nest. The young Rabbi does the same.* Predictable familiarity gives way to the wild call to step out into the world. Having just left my teenage years, I was given the chance to study in […]
