♠ If children are the future, what sort of world will be waiting for them? Rabbi Rami reflects on his recent conversation with Mind & Life Institute president Susan Bauer-Wu on the Spirituality+Health podcast. ♦ “Our children are our future.” ♦ There are few statements more ubiquitous. Or more vacuous. I’ve heard it spouted...
Read More• • • Like any form of meditation, mindfulness meditation training can be a different experience for everyone. Rabbi Rami reflects upon his own problems with the practice. ♣ Mindfulness is one of the central practices promoted by Cheryl Pallant in her new book Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a...
Read More♣ How are spirituality and Christmas related? “To me Christmas is hopeful: a time to celebrate the potential for God-Realization in all of us.” I love Christmas. My neighbors love Christ. This is not the same thing. To me Christmas heralds the Very Good News that if a...
Read MoreHanukkah isn’t about lighting candles, clogging your arteries with fried food, playing dreidel, exchanging presents, or eating cheap chocolate in the shape of faux ancient coins. Hanukkah is a minor holy day in the Jewish liturgical calendar made great because of its proximity to Christmas. This...
Read MoreWhat can we learn from the story of the empty tomb? Easter raises many questions. Among the most common are these: Was Jesus a historical figure? Did he die on the cross? Who was responsible? Was the tomb empty? Was he resurrected? The first four questions are best...
Read MoreSabbath is a time to set aside work and embrace rest and recovery. “In the busyness of our lives, we don’t just forget that we need to rest, we forget how to rest.” ↓ This past fall, I fell terribly ill. During a pandemic, entering the emergency room, not...
Read More♠ Free will was a hot topic this morning. I was sitting in the Springfield, MO airport watching the news accounts of an American soldier’s murderous rampage through an Afghan village when the fellow next to me mutter, “poor bastard.” I glanced over at him and...
Read More↓ “The good news is that the present is right here, right now. ...
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