4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (225+ words) Whatever I face, any kind of situation, any kind of people, the moment I sit, I just look at them and I don’t even have to think. I just see them as a part of myself and speak to them…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (577+ words) Does Christ teach us to gradually strive to obey His commandments? Does common sense dictate that we carefully choose our words prior to explaining that abortion kills people? Or have we, after more than 50 years of debate on this point,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (301+ words) Perhaps the biggest lesson of Arnold Cohen’s life is just how much one individual can achieve for the benefit of others The joy and love of limud haTorah was a key part of who Arnold was. As a boy, his…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (451+ words) “The Children of Israel, the whole assembly, arrived at the Wilderness of Zin… Miriam died there and she was buried there. There was no water for the assembly, and they gathered against Moshe and Aharon” (Bamidbar 20:1-2). The juxtaposition of Miriam’s…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (98+ words) This is Part 2 of the series Lessons from Pentecost (Read this series from its beginning here.) Ultimately, Pentecost reveals a vision of unity that does not erase diversity. It models a community where differences become strengths and collective empowerment leads…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (213+ words) In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan informed the world that “the medium is the message.” He proposed that the media affect society primarily by the characteristics of the medium itself, rather than through the content that it carries. In our digital world,…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (180+ words) A reflection on how a multi-interest mind ferments disciplines with each other, generating individual and authentic outcomes Doctor, electric guitar player and gardener. Yoga …...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (234+ words) Summer in Washington means many things. A quieter pace. Notoriously humid weather. A flood of summer interns. And droves of tourists. From where I live and work, all of these treasures are merely a long walk or a short subway…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (406+ words) It seems that after reading the text of the Summary Document of the Synodal Path of the Churches in Italy, the ineffable World Health Organization has discovered the existence of a new terrifying epidemic triggered by the terrifying disease called…...