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Rabbi David's Blessing at the Interfaith Council's "Longest Night"

12/25/2023

Rabbi David offered clarion-call words of blessing at the Interfaith Council's "Longest Night" memorial tribute, honoring the homeless and unseen who died on our local streets in the year 2023.

The Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut unites faith leaders and faith communities in common cause on matters of spirit-infused care and advocacy.

Like You're Dying (P. Vayehi)

12/25/2023

We live our lives as if we are immortal. We imagine death to be such a downer – so depressive, so scary – that we spend our lives trying to outrun it, or pretending it away. Or in death's shadow we become fatalistic, disconnected. Yet our awareness that all earthly life must die is an unceasing wellspring of wisdom, power and meaning. This week's final Torah portion of the Book of Genesis, our Book of Beginnings, aims directly here.

The Meaning of Life (P. Vayigash)

12/18/2023

We humans seem designed to seek meaning and make meaning of our lives. It's not much of an exaggeration to say that we humans are meaning-making machines. By our values and philosophies, our choices and actions, we wrest meaning from meaninglessness. We make our lives count.

And sometimes, it seems easier with 20/20 hindsight.

Power Tools for Building (P. Mikeitz)

12/11/2023

Especially in recent times, society has seemed to perfect the art of breaking things. Much that we've come to know and rely on has been beaten up and even busted. While it's nature's way that most everything eventually falls apart, spiritually speaking it's also nature's way for us to lean in, repair and build. We've got the tools, if only we'll use them. And use them we must – especially now.

Mind Your Matters (P. Vayeishev)

12/3/2023

Spirituality offers lots of claims, fewer promises, and one guarantee. Whatever one's beliefs (or none at all), spirituality promises seekers a life of enhanced meaning, fueled by values lived in community, in dialogue with ancient tradition stretching forward into the future. The only guarantee is that it won't always be easy.

Just ask Jacob and Joseph of this week's Torah portion.

Rabbi David's Blessing at the Interfaith Council's "Longest Night"

Like You're Dying (P. Vayehi)

The Meaning of Life (P. Vayigash)

Power Tools for Building (P. Mikeitz)

Mind Your Matters (P. Vayeishev)

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