Compartmentalized
Rabbi Brian talks about how his students are often more alive than he is.
Anxious for good reason
Rabbi Brian muses that sensational news might be good to help us feel anxious.
Measuring Wrong
Rabbi Brian delves into how we might just measure badly, a lot.

Falling into Potty
(Editor’s note: My Annie is now five… but I wrote this article when she was still very newly four-years-old.) My daughter insists on having me

Faith Defined
I teach. I am the instructor of record of three Algebra 2 classes as well as one College Algebra class at De De La Salle

Living Through Life’s Nightmares
There are three different aspects to what makes a nightmare literally a nightmare: 1. You don’t have control 2. There’s no end in sight 3.

Biases and Blindness keep us from seeing that God might want to be your friend
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Don’t Listen to Them, Please
Years ago, an Eastern European youth came up to me after a speaking gig of mine. He told me that, according to Jewish law, I

Rabbi Declares: Bacon Kosher!
One of my roles as a rabbi is to declare foods kosher or not. That means I get to say that certain foods are healthy
Annie on my lap
Rabbi Brian’s daughter snuck onto his lap and shared some thoughts about God and love. Rabbi Brian promises that he never taught Annie the theology

Kind To Inanimates
Which would bother you more while you were trying to rest: 1. a radiator making clicking noises? 2. a person snoring? Most people would say

Paint everywhere, a lost glove, and regret
Paint everywhere, a lost glove, and regret Writing in the 1940’s, Danish scientist Piet Hine wrote a beautiful poem about loss: Losing one glove is

I am angry (for a peaceful warrior)
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Temptation (Re-Addressed)
In July 2011, I first made mention of a quote in the Rhetoric of Aristotle, Volume I, Chapter 14, verse 1 – ‘The less the

This Toe Stubbing Shall Pass
Once, I was at a cabin with my kids and Jane, and I stubbed my toe three different times. (It was different toes, but a