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 […]
It Takes Courage – Jan. 23, 2020
“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who we are. We face surprises. And disappointments. The crucial fact is that we are different from anybody we know and admire… It takes all one’s courage to be the person one is, fulfilling one’s odd and unique possibilities.” –M. C. Richards, Opening Our […]
True Vocation – Jan. 21, 2020
“The deepest vocational question is not ‘What ought I to do with my life?’ It is the more elemental and demanding ‘Who am I? What is my nature?’” –Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation