Noticing Awe in a Frightening Time
I want to begin by naming something plainly: We are living in a moment that is frightening and destabilizing. And I want to offer a spiritual practice for keeping your heart whole: Awe.
Hanukkah Night #6: What Helps You Stop & Rest?
Tonight we light the 6th candle of Hanukkah. And it is also Shabbat, the day of rest. We light the menorah first, and then our Shabbat candles. The question for tonight is: Can you name 6 things that help you rest or stop or take a needed breath? As my teacher Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg …
Hope Is In The Air
Bones longing for a rest, Breath waiting to exhale, Shoulders craving to relax, Belly hungry to unclench. Five years of waking up anxious, Guiding myself to count three grateful things Before I turn to the always “breaking news” Of another tear in the fabric of all I hold dear. In January of 2020, Determined …
7 Spiritual Tips to Maintain Your Sanity When The News Is Challenging
7 spiritual tips for coping with the news cycle. The USA’s current crises create an emotional rollercoaster and no matter what happens with Mueller, this “thrill ride” is not ending anytime soon.
Gifts everywhere
“Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.” Abraham Joshua Heschel Anything that stops us in our tracks and helps us experience …
