Playing Our Part

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Life, according to my friend Paddy, is like the softball game she used to play as a child. She remembers that while she played in the position to which she…

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Feeding Our Souls

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A New Year's resolution is to make my time more valuable this year by using it wisely. Interesting how we consider time as a commodity - we use it, spend…

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Exciting beginnings

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The new website and blog are now working as the promotion for the new book is underway. I was interviewed by Guy Rathbun for a program to be aired on…

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Globally Conscious

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  In the light of the catastrophic devastation in Haiti, we feel a sense of guilt as we enjoy the simple pleasures of our daily lives. It seems so unfeeling to…

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Signs and symbols, lost and found.

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In his new book, The Lost Sign, Dan Brown informs us that the world is certainly stranger than we know. Members of the ancient fellowship of Free Masons are divided…

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It is all about choice

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Having just returned from an enjoyable and enlightening trip to the Balkan Peninsula, I am conscious of the importance of choosing to let go. Visiting the countries of the former…

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Cultivating Soulful Self Care

The words of the Desiderata, purportedly written several hundred years ago and found in a church in Baltimore, remind us: Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt…

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Eve-0-lution: The birth of humankind Studying midrash is a traditional method of studying biblical text. I offer a non-traditional midrash about Eve. Her name means the mother of the living.…

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Spring 2009

As we prepare for the Spring festive season of Passover and Easter, our thoughts turn to new beginnings. With a new administration in Washington, this year the idea of a…

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