God as Foreign Exchange Student
Rabbi Brian ponders what if God didn’t understand our language.
As is
Rabbi Brian challenges us to love things “as is” instead of needing them to be perfect.
From Annoyed to Amused
Rabbi Brian asks “How long does it take for you to go from annoyed to amused?”
Change, change, change
Rabbi Brian talks about how CHANGE is important in spiritual-religious growth.
Live Fully, Love Wastefully
Rabbi Brian encourages you to, in the words of John Shelby Spong, “live fully, love wastefully.”
Latitudinarianism
Rabbi Brian encourages you to have a mind so open your brain falls out.
Fighting Against Love
Rabbi Brian explain that sometimes to restore equilibrium after a wonderful event, we go to anxiety… perhaps this is why we have a hard time
Oops, I Was Too Kind
I teach high school and have a lot of students whom I look after. As it happens, some kids don’t fit the college-prep modality. Some
News is not Good for You
Recently, an acquaintance told us that a long-time friend of hers discovered her husband had been living a double life! This guy used to fly
Your Value > Their Valuation
When we were young, my sister and I used a carafe for our milk. This small black and white ceramic decanter was a souvenir my
Don’t Be Yourself!
Give yourself permission to not be yourself. What do I mean by this? Each of us operates based on a whole algorithm of qualities that
What are the Chances?
This is one of my favorite jokes: One day, Bernie hears a voice. The voice says to him, “Tomorrow, don’t park your car where you
Why Were You Not You? & Talking for God.
Reb Zusya was one of the pioneers in the Hasidic Jewish movement (This movement began as an alternative, hip-Judaism – a breakaway, renegade way of