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 […]
Al Het, 5780: Seeking Atonement for the Climate Crisis
You are One, the Web of Life, the Eternal, the Before and After, the Mystery and the Beyond and the Present and the Here and Now. You are Love. You […]
Climate Crisis Hoshanot with the Words of Greta Thunberg
Introduction The Torah and early rabbinic sources describe Sukkot as a great celebration of the earth’s bounty in the form of a massive harvest festival. The holiday we celebrate today […]
Prayer for our Kurdish Brothers and Sisters
Source of Life, Source of Peace, Protect and give strength to our Kurdish brothers and sisters Standing in the line of fire Running for their lives as the Turks attack […]
