I was honored this winter to contribute to Jewish LearningWorks’ SoulFull Sources, a collection of resources for teaching Jewish spirituality. Teaching kids (and people of all ages) how to play with…

What are you afraid of?  What keeps you up at night?  Is it something immediate?  At work or school?  With your family?  Is it money or health?  What about the…

I don’t know about you but I remember as a kid longing for summer to start.  We would joyfully hurl ourselves into freedom on the last day of school.  By…

I had the pleasure and the privilege of sitting down with Lisa Moriah to talk about my roles and the meaning behind them, my own journey as a Jewish convert,…

Such Silence – a poem by Mary Oliver As deep as I ever went into the forest I came upon an old stone bench, very, very old, and around it…

We used to live in a too-small, too-crowded house with too many children.  Our small deck was my sanctuary where I created a container garden.  One season I decided to…

When I was a teen, I tried to find space for myself in the tradition of my childhood.  My mother encouraged me to talk with her spiritual director, a sister…

Years ago someone posted a photo of herself sitting in her new inflatable kayak in her living room.  She was so excited to have finally taken the plunge.  “I want…

I have been trying to find my way into a regular morning spiritual practice for a long time.  Over the years it has proven to be anything but regular, taking…

I went on my first solo camping trip this summer. Just a few days, to a favorite camping spot in the little visited wilderness of the Trinity Alps. In spite…