We are in the midst of the Jewish High holidays, which began with the first day of Rosh Hashanah on September 18 and closes with Yom Kippur, which begins before sundown today and ends after nightfall tomorrow. In the Jewish calendar it is a time of turning, and of new beginnings. This holiday has much
Last week we celebrated Memorial Day, the occasion on which we honor those men and women who have given their lives for our country during armed conflict. On that day we honor those men and women who, as President Lincoln put it at Gettysburg, gave the last full measure of devotion. However, we do more
On February 3, 1943, 76 years ago last Sunday, the troop transport USS Dorchester was traveling in a convoy of three ships from New York to Greenland, carrying approximately 900 men. The ship’s captain had been alerted that Coast Guard sonar had detected a submarine, and the ship’s crew was on a state of high
Hanukkah, the Festival of lights, began on December 2 and continues until sundown on December 10. This is a holy season for millions around the world, many of whom are looking for light in a landscape that seems to them all too dark. Uncertainty about the future, regional conflicts, economic instability, environmental fears, problems on
Part of the process of discovering our divine potential is recognizing our beliefs that are blocking our ability to be a success in life. It was Socrates who said “an unexamined life is not worth living.” It takes courage to look at our belief systems and risk making changes in what we believe about ourselves
I often wondered as a child why God didn’t just make life easy for Moses or Jesus. After all they were chosen by God to be God’s spokespersons. When we look at the founders of the world’s great religions, we find that none of them had an easy time of it. Moses in a rage