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Carpooling with Rabbi: “Futuretripping”
When Kirsten and Rabbi discuss worrying of the future, Rabbi reveals a secret of her past.
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Carpooling with Rabbi: “Impostor”
Do you have Impostor’s Syndrome? In our new episode, Kirsten and I talk about accepting complements and how the idea of “humility” is usually misunderstood.
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Yom Kippur Day 5777: “Addressing Homelessness in Olympia: The Need for Values in our Civic Life”
Last November, not long after the high Holidays, I took a risk when I, without prior consultation with the Board, committed our congregation to join with two other downtown faith communities to host a warming center for the homeless during the cold and wet winter months. I don’t normally eschew process, I’m very process oriented.…
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Wind and Rain, Resilience and Abundance
This post originally was posted to the Rabbis Without Borders blog on My Jewish Learning. Earlier this week in the Pacific Northwest we waited for a storm that wasn’t. A big storm of heavy rain and strong wind was predicted to hit Washington State, the remnants of a typhoon in the Pacific. While coastlines had…
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Carpooling with Rabbi: “Forgiveness” and “Lipstick”
Here is a twofer; with the holidays I forgot to post last week’s episode on my blog. Here it is, as Kirsten and I talk about forgiveness on the eve of Yom Kippur: Then this week’s episode on “Lipstick:” when things go bad in the morning, Kirsten and I reflect on listening to, or ignoring,…
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The Gift of Another Holiday
I love the way we end Yom Kippur at Temple Beth Hatfiloh. After the heightened spiritual intensity of the day, the physical strain from fasting (and lots of standing), the emotional work we are called upon to do, culminating in the solemnity of the final shofar blast, we just unwind, relax, loosen up, and sing.…
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Torah tl;dr: “Haazinu”
You are potential. Listen to the latest episode of my podcast here: 60 SECONDS TO WISDOM. Short teachings on the weekly Torah portion. Suitable for all who seek. You can read the whole portion here.
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Kol Nidre 5777: “The God Participle”
You can listen to the audio of the sermon here: Since this is the evening of confession. I am going to confess something tonight. It’s a theological confession. While I am rooted in one particular religious tradition, and I am open to interfaith engagement and spiritual exploration, there is one place where I get stuck.…
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How to Use (and Not Abuse) Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is soon upon us. It is a time in which we focus on teshuvah, traditionally translated as “repentance,” but the Hebrew root is more closely related to “turning.” Teshuvah is the act of turning from past ways and harmful habits to create a new and better future for ourselves. It also involves turning…
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