
True Miracles
True Miracles “So whatever is bringing you from Los Angeles to Lynchburg,” asks the woman with the slight southern drawl next to me on the

Saturday Service October 2020_2
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

Revelation: Love. As is.
Revelation: Love. As is. Not far from the first synagogue where I am working as a rabbi, on Ventura Boulevard, about a mile to the

The Embrace of Two Friends
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Saturday Service October 2020_1
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

Forgiveness Service
Podcast: Forgiveness and Atonement for the High Holy Says Service. September 25, 2020

Saturday Service September 2020_4
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

My Day of Atonement 2020
Last week, the non-newsletter usually sent the last Monday of the month didn’t go out as planned. Coincidentally, last Monday was Yom Kippur, the holiest

Three Vignettes
*Running out* Toilet paper. At the start of the pandemic, there was a run on the stuff. Off all shelves. Out of stores. Throughout the

Saturday Service September 2020_3
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

Saturday Service September 2020_2
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

No need to be brilliant
*Seeking Eureka* It’s Monday as I write this. (Last Monday, from the perspective of you reading this.) And I don’t know what I’m going to

Hey Martha
“Hey, Martha.” Less I’m on the phone catching up with someone. Anyone. The conversation agenda goes according to a set outline: Introductions: Greetings and “how-are-you”s

Saturday Service September 2020_1
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: Topics include how to deal with frustration

Saturday Service August 2020_3
Podcast: One hour of conversation with Rabbi Brian and friends. Recorded live on Saturday mornings. You are invited: