Shade is life providing and life saving. In an environment where one isn’t protected from the elements, shade is essential.

Water can be seen as life giving and life taking.

The shofar is blown to wake us up. To help us move towards a more righteous path.

In this new year, we share in the commonality of being shipwrecked. We all feel a little lost, frozen, unable to call for help.

Included in the graveside liturgy is Psalm 23. The first line of the psalm feels troubling.

Many of us look forward to Rosh Hashana to hear the blasts of the shofar.

The getting up is a stark and necessary reminder that even when home feels irreparably changed, we must continue forward.

This city is constantly in a state of building, rebuilding, renovating and expanding.

You have a direct link to the Holy One of Blessing. Pray. God is listening.

The last baby tooth means saying goodbye to the fantasy of the tooth fairy.