A Recovery Parable
An addict is driving along all alone in his car one night on an empty highway. He is depressed beyond words, thinking how miserable he is...
Just Because It’s Hidden Doesn’t Mean It’s Not There
Just Because It’s Hidden Doesn’t Mean It’s Not There The challenge that the book of Esther and Purim issues is to see behind the masks we...
Remember to Forget
As we approach the holiday of Purim we are told we must remember to forget the tribe of Amalek. They are the ones who attacked the weak...
Now I Become Myself
Now I become myself. It's taken Time, many years and places, I have been dissolve and shaken, Worn other people's faces, Run madly, as if...
I Came to Believe
Wouldn’t it be great if G-d came to us in big bold moments? Moments that shatter the mountains and bring earthquakes and fire. Where we...
The New Year's Step One
Now the holidays are over, the New Year has begun, the weight of the resolutions you make are beginning to get heavy. January becomes the...
Shaken not slurred: James Bond had ‘a severe chronic alcohol problem,’ public health experts say
Dry martini. Lemon peel. Shaken — not stirred. James Bond is unmistakably known for that cocktail and a variant, the Vesper. But the...
Finally a Miracle
A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and...
A reminder for Thanksgiving
“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting” Thanksgiving Day is the most important holiday for...
Drawing life lessons from Jacob’s story
As a chaplain, I have the immense blessing of hearing people reflect upon their lives and share with me what insights have shaped them....