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- November 14, 2022
I remember years ago hearing someone point out that there are sometimes years, even decades, between verses in the Bible. It’s obvious when you…

- November 7, 2022
Yesterday (listen to the sermon here) we reflected on the story of Jacob and his wrestling match with God (Genesis 32). The story is…

- October 31, 2022
No one goes to counseling because all their dreams are coming true. When we find ourselves wildly succeeding and achieving all our goals, that…

- October 24, 2022
You may have noticed tent-like structures outside synagogues in your neighborhood. These huts are part of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot which is one…

- October 17, 2022
Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings have always captivated my imagination. This article helped me better understand some of the complexities that contributed to his genius…

- October 10, 2022
In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will…

- October 3, 2022
Fashion week just ended in NYC, surfacing once again the question: “What is beauty?” Karen Barrow posed this question in her NY Times column…

- September 26, 2022
This past week I read an article highlighting a recent recommendation that doctors screen all adult patients under 65 for anxiety, guidance that “highlights…

- September 19, 2022
In a passage from Milan Kundera’s 1979 novel “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting”, one character says that “the first step in liquidating a…