A Selichah for Ourselves and Our Country on Yom Kippur
Ein Od: There is No Other
Ein Od (“There is No Other”) from the album Open My Heart, by Yosef Goldman (Rising Song Records 2019) Music composed by Yosef Goldman Lyrics: Aleinu Prayer, Deuteronomy 4:35–38, Zechariah […]
We Are the Tree of Life
Together we stand strong like a tree deeply rooted in the foundation of love We are the branches that spread out in many directions reaching for a common place We […]
Four Leaves on the Tree of Life
Bringer of stretchers, sounder of sirens, Warm us through our shock, hear us in silence. Straighten our spines, believe our grief, No matter how it knots. What is this, holder […]
Glint
Because aren’t we all /
swirling dust, flashing shards /
from a broken vessel of hope /
too vast be contained?
The Day After
First they came for the Muslims and I was not a Muslim. But I said, “Not on my watch!” Then they came for the undocumented, and my grandfathers were undocumented. […]
Prayer for Change
God, without boundary, /
please widen our gaze.
Seek
Eheyeh asher eheyeh /
shimmers /
with the possible.
Elders’ Prayer
Let our prayers sing out from heart stream and breath flow even as our voices grow softer. Let us pray with vision even if eyesight dims. Let our prayers help […]
Estrangement Prayer
Dear God, Thank you for the many blessings in my life, all there to inspire, nurture, support, guide and lift me up from the deep, fractured roots of my biological […]
