The splitting of the Red Sea, according to Jewish tradition, is the greatest miracle ever performed. It is so extraordinary that on that day even a common servant beheld more than all the miracles witnessed by the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel combined. And yet we have one midrash that mentions two Israelites, Reuven and [...]
“We should do this more often.” A middle-aged man is speaking to a woman standing at his side. (Well, shall we say north of middle-age?) I am doing what I do best: Eavesdropping. The couple is leaning on the upper deck railing of a Washington State Ferry on a summer day. We are headed across [...]
Garrison Keillor tells the story about a young boy who wanted a Lionel Train Set for Christmas. The father, of a family of seven, was in the hospital and unable to work. The mother, worried about money did her best to prepare the children, “I’m sorry, but we won’t be able to have much Christmas [...]
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing we call human existence. Anthony de Mello I believe the [...]
