Four Ways to Find Gratitude During Challenging Times: A Ritual for Your Thanksgiving Table
These four prompts offer ways to share different experiences of gratitude at your Thanksgiving table.Â
Sparking Hope
“sparking hope / for a engulfing glow
to illuminate all peoples / through love…”
Darkness
“Darkness is Love: / deep, endless, rapturous curiosity / ripe for the work of creation.”
Evacuation Orders
short poems for quick getaways… My ancestors left with their lives packed on their backs and gold in their teeth. —————————————— Migration stories start with a hope for something […]
Alone
“We are with each other.
We are not alone. / We will do what we have always done.”
My Own Thinking Heart
“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”
Heartbreak
“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”
Give Yourself Up Not
This powerful poem was written during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.
A Prayer for Healing Relationships Within the Jewish Community
“When I raise my voice in anger, help me see the Divine Spark in my opponent.”
A New Song of Hope – For a Community Gathered in Solidarity
“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”
