Archives

Despite the possibility of even our own selves not believing it, we are enough. We are enough. Despite the possibility of even you not believing

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