Daily Dose (Oct 8 – 11)
TUESDAY OCT 8 -- This week, sleeping in the storm. The gift and empowerment--alive and well inside us--of being able to rise above the noise.And here's the deal: If we don't bring this gift with us, we're not going to…
A Place to Watch the Rain
Rabbi Albert Lewis tells the story of a man seeking employment on a farm; he hands a letter of recommendation to his new employer that reads simply, "He sleeps in a storm." The farmer is uncertain what to make of…
Daily Dose (Oct 2 – 5)
WEDNESDAY OCT 3 -- This week, the power in Sanctuary. The power of spaces and places of replenishment and renewal and healing. I am writing this in an area of North Carolina that has been pummeled and in places devastated…
Power in Sanctuary
I’m writing this off the beaten path, staying with friends near Asheville, NC. And if you watch the news, you know that it is a minor miracle that I am able to send this Sabbath Moment at all, as power…
Daily Dose (Sept 24 – 27)
TUESDAY SEPT 24 -- “God spoke today in flowers, and I, who was waiting on words, almost missed the conversation.” (Ingrid Goff-Maidoff)Yes. And this week we remember, that all the while we are looking for a revelation or a fix,…
Healing and restorative
Buddha's teaching method was counter intuitive, to say the very least. More often than not, he didn't even talk. He just sat there.There is a well-known story about The Buddha sitting in a place with hundreds of people gathered around…
Daily Dose (Sept 17 – 20)
Fred Roger ("Mr. Rogers") calls Yo-Yo Ma one of the "great appreciators of our world. It seems that people always walk taller after they've had an encounter with him. The only thing that's larger than his talent is his heart."Mr.…
Greater than limitations
“How is your heart?” I was asked this week.It made me stop. And think. And admit that I prefer, “Are you keeping busy?” because that question is easier to answer.In John’s Gospel, there is a wonderful story about a tough…
Daily Dose (Sept 10 – 13)
TUESDAY SEPT 10 -- This week our invitation: Get In. To live wholehearted and fully alive.I love the simplicity of the metaphor.If life is to be lived, and not merely managed, get in.If life is to pour out from the…
Wholehearted and fully alive
In June 1859, Jean-François Gravelet (known as The Great Blondin) crossed Niagara Falls walking a tight rope. During his life, he repeated the feat several times, always with a different theatrical variation: blindfolded, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow, on…
