A few days ago, I watched a video of Diana Butler Bass and Ross Douthat – two American theologians – having a discussion about the future of Christianity in America. Now, somewhere during the conversation the discussion turned to (what else?) LGBT people. Amazing how whenever the subject of “morality” comes up in a Christian […]
“Do not live in imagined or cultivated isolation” I read these words many years ago and they sank deep into me and took up residence, bubbling up as an insistent reminder over and over again over the years. I wish I could remember where exactly I read these words or what they came from. I have a […]
Merry Christmas! Joy to the world! Several nights recently I’ve looked up at the night sky, and behind the silhouette of a cypress or a palm tree, in the dark navy cloth of the sky, the stars shine out. Then it strikes me that I am here, in the same land where Jesus was born some […]
I admit it. It is really hard to find compassion and love for other people in some cases. I can do it most of the time with my partner and my family and my friends. But what about people who shoot children in an elementary school? Or people who bomb civilians? People who spread racism and […]
I’ve been in a period full of transforming moments, where I feel as though the depth of life is being revealed to me again. But this doesn’t mean that every moment or every day is enlightening and fulfilling. In the midst of depth, joy and transformation, there are still days and moments that are just plain. Ordinary, […]
On my way home from work a couple of nights ago, I spent half an hour wandering around town looking for good sufganiot (Chanuka donuts) and was disappointed to get home empty-handed. Where are all the good sufganiot in this town anyway? Yet, when I arrived home, there was a package waiting for me – […]
In the last post I wrote about the idea of non-attachment to views. But there is a central question I have about this principle of non-attachment — What is the relationship between being open and unattached to our views, with having faith and belief in something? Part of me asks: Don’t you sometimes need to be […]
