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This is to read as a follow-up to last week’s article about October 7th.It is a section from Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel, “2:3 Religion

October 7. Hopeful Nonetheless   When I was a child, the important January dates were January 1 (New Year’s Day) and January 8 (my birthday). 

I’ve heard authors (and other artists) say: “The work came through me.”   I understand that feeling. When I was writing the book, I felt

It’s the first Monday of the month. Amazing. First Monday newsletters tend to be a bit more chatty, a bit more rambling. This one is

30 That bad       Friday afternoon. I’m working on the ePub (digital version) of my book. It’s not coming out as I envisioned,

    My friend Tal introduced me to the poem “Butter Knife” by poet Hollie McNish. Here’s an excerpt:   my heart has pumped for

A Reading from the opening chapters ofRabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel   1:1 Radical Openness To Love Imagine you and I are in a fantastic,

26. Problems with Perfection       Hello, beloved friend,   Truth? You are a bit of a perfectionist.   No use arguing. It’s true.

Book excerpt 2:5 Thou Shall Be Thy Own Authority Perhaps—and I say perhaps only to soften the message—an external deity isn’t the true authority of

Wood You Like To Learn? I walk through the house to the front porch holding a piece of wood that needs to be smoothed out

Go To Bed, Dad.  It’s Tuesday night.  I’ve just come downstairs and entered the living room; Jane, Annie, and a beloved young friend, Calliope, are

    Hello Beloved friend,   I don’t have an article for you this week. And, I’m sorry.   I’m working (mindfully, with compassion towards

On the first Monday of the month, I send out a looser, chattier article.   So, “hi.”   ===   Today’s newsletter is a compilation

In ancient Rome, immediately behind the generals parading through the streets celebrating their most recent victory, there was a servant paid to repeat over and

    It’s the first Monday of the month, so it’s a slightly chattier 77% Weekly.   ===   Beloved reader,   I’d love to