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Love L-O-V-E in four parts My best friend, Dr. Larry Keene, is a retired sociology professor and minister. We have performed countless weddings together. And,

One night last winter, my wife and I put our then five-year-old daughter, Annie, to bed. We followed our typical bedtime routine, but unlike other

A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted by a specific type of individual but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. Examples of

Innocents massacred in Paris. Black lives trivialized. Gun shootings. Undesired refugees drowned. Reactions to recent, horrifying current events run the gamut of negative emotions. Sadness, anger,

Believe in Dog! This is the story I shared at the start of the High Holy Day service I ran. It is based on a

Turning anxiety into excitement. Part two. I recently wrote an article recently about how we can turn anxiety into excitement. In summary: Physiologically, anxiety and

Bonus Issue I want to share a celebration! The meaningful Bar Mitzvah service I ran for James Franco got a glowing write up in the

Here is video that my uncle Ira took in 1982. It’s nothing you need to see. It shows me eating lunch with my cousin Josh.

A 2013 study by the American Psychological Association, explains that telling yourself when you are anxious to “just calm down” doesn’t help. This runs a

My son is a hero to me. He learned, beautifully, how to dive into a swimming pool. I, somehow, had gotten to 45 years old,

Many adults are surprised to find out that Satan is not mentioned at all in Genesis. (It is only later Christian Biblicists who tell us

In January the newsletter looked like the image on the right. It was colorful, and a bit circus-y. I’ve changed it to look like what