Erev Rosh HaShanah Sermon 5785
‘How are you?’ It’s a loaded question, isn’t it?
‘How are you?’ It’s a loaded question, isn’t it?
Loving Through The Pain Imagine the two of them walking up the mountain path, their sandaled feet cut by bristle and thorn. The sun is already hot mid-morning; their calves ache from the effort and their parched throats speak few words. One is old, the other young. The old one is driven by a zealotry […]
Try to imagine the environs: we are seated outside in a semi-circle of wooden benches, between the blending of the light of day and dusk, a campfire roaring in the center.
Let’s talk about… menstruation, blood, sex and reproduction. Yes, this sermon comes with a content warning.
This is not a sermon about geopolitics. This is a sermon about the simplest of things; the most common of denominators, and the hardest of truths. Our humanity.
Now we will take a look at what the future may bring and how we may meet the moment.
Quite a number of years ago, when I was a much newer rabbi and still living in the United Kingdom, I befriended a local pastor.
There is something both ancient and radical about the synagogue; a place of direct democracy, civic engagement and ongoing learning.
Perhaps you left Egypt with a sense of excitement and confidence, hopeful for what the future brings. Or perhaps you left Egypt with understandable trepidation about the great unknown.
The story-telling element in our Jewish culture is so compelling, worlds of the heart bound in words, each story a gem in a jewel box.