Prayer on the Commencement of a Pilgrimage
“May every footstep and contemplation reveal the divine within, in whose image we are made”.
Appointment with a Nurse Practitioner
“For the length of a medical visit
my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind
and hers, mine…”Â
A Prayer for Coming Out as A Gay Man or Boy
This prayer contains two variations.
Pomegranate Seed
“We are kernels of possibility Vessels of tart-sweet juice…”
Say Their Names
“they are far / unreachable / underground…”
My Mikveh is Gone
“My mikveh is gone and swallowed up in this dark place. Where can I find peace?”
Threefold Benediction on the Occasion of a Bar/Bat/B*Mitzvah
An interpretive version of the Threefold Benediction.
Prayer for a BIPOC Festival
We, human beings, share in the diversity of this garden we call home. And we are all blessed and strengthened by it.
Zikhron T’ruah: A Ritual for Reaching or Passing the Age of Someone Who Died
This ritual is an opportunity for someone to meaningfully mark a threshold when they reach or pass the age at which someone who was important in their life died.
Strange Fire
“When my cold dead hand brushed against Aaron’s collar,/his soul purred with a satisfied hymn of approval…”
