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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…