Topic Tags: hope

Small acts that counteract the sadness and despair // Rituals that contain the pain

A description of Hostage Square in Tel Aviv

When hope is crushed, // Is it like clods of earth ground to mud, sticking in foulness to my boots as I walk?

“a place of rebuilding / a place of peace / my destination”

“Fill each of us with Your Holy Presence and with the light of hope…”

“A child dreams of a garden where no bombs fall…”

“Roses bloom in radiant resistance / Dandelions scatter like wild prayers…”

“I celebrate because it is spring / the season when hope / pokes out of dark furrows…”

A Responsive Reading for the month of Adar

“Let us sing together at the rivers of trust…”