There is a quiet test happening in every conversation you have. Its not when you speak, not when you explain yourself to someone else. It’s when you are spoken to,… read more

Trying something a little different this week. Click “play” above. Enjoy! [Verse] Out of the depths of history, a tale unfolds, of a people resilient as time is old. The… read more

I want to take a little detour from our regularly scheduled conversation and interrupt the flow with a more spontaneous message this week. In past sermons, we have dismantled illusions…. read more

I’m not trying to annoy anyone. It would be much easier to repeat the same tired clichés—safer, smoother, more comfortable. But honesty doesn’t live there. Easy words don’t move anything…. read more

The Name as a Tree Last time we saw that the Name was withheld. Not erased. Not lost. Withheld. But restraint is only the surface. The tradition did not preserve… read more

There are moments in history when confusion is normal. And then there are moments like this one. This is not just a hard time. Not just an intense period. Not… read more

There’s an old story that goes like this: A man is walking alone through the woods at dusk. The air is still. The light is fading. But as he walks,… read more

The world has always been a dangerous place. That’s not new. What is new is the extent of the disconnect. I’m sure you see it too. It’s loud. It’s obvious…. read more

A pool is not something you can just fill with water and then jump into anytime you want. You can’t, for instance, wait a week or two and then expect to step into nice, clear, blue, refreshing water.
No – what you will find in this instance is a green, slimy, bug-infested swamp.

Let’s start here: Life is not fair. And the sooner we stop expecting it to be, the clearer everything gets. I don’t say that lightly. I’m not telling you to… read more

The Pain We Create Let me say something that may not land softly: Most of the pain we experience… we make up. Not because it’s fake. Not because it doesn’t… read more

The illusory truth effect Certainty doesn’t always come out of truth; sometimes, it just comes from repetition. It’s a quirky thing our brains do— we hear something enough times, and… read more

Shared Foundations Jews, Christians, and Muslims all speak of the same G-d. They call him different names – Hashem, El, Elohim, Adonai, Allah, Father — But all point back to… read more