Oy! What a Word!

Oy! What a Word! Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from the book Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice by Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi. “Let’s start with … the most difficult question of all. What shall we call this presence that we have felt? People all over the world have felt…

What Blocks Our Peace

What Blocks Our Peace Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from A Course in Miracles commentary by Allen Watson for lesson #305 entitled “There is a peace that Christ bestows on us.” “I find myself a little resistant to the lesson today. I judge it; it isn’t ‘inspiring enough,’ or it doesn’t…

Dying Before We Die

Dying Before We Die Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Franciscan monk, Richard Rohr in his daily meditations for the week of 09/23/2018 on the Islamic religion. “In her book God of Love, Mirabai Starr shows how at the nondual or contemplative levels, the teachings of the three Abrahamic traditions are quite…

Deeper Not Wider

Deeper, Not Wider Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from David Cain’s blog and website… “I keep imagining a tradition I’d like to invent. After you’re established in your career and you have some neat stuff in your house, you take a whole year in which you don’t start anything new or acquire….…