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Terrifying

We don’t know how things are going to go. And it’s terrifying. Funny thing to keep in mind: the terrifying things of the past never feel as scary as the terror we face now in the present. Let me explain. — With any terrible thing that happened in the past, when it was happening, we […]

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Mallomar My Book

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 muses working through, along-side-and-with me to help me create a  fun-to-read philosophy of religion (self-help) book—Rabbi Brian’s Highly Unorthodox Gospel. It’s beautiful.     —     I keep tripping

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That bad

30 That bad       Friday afternoon. I’m working on the ePub (digital version) of my book. It’s not coming out as I envisioned, and my frustration is mounting.   The section headers are appearing on the title page of each section, and I can’t stand how it looks.   The only solution—uploading and

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Magic Tears

    My friend Tal introduced me to the poem “Butter Knife” by poet Hollie McNish. Here’s an excerpt:   my heart has pumped for 40 years without me even asking and you tell me to keep my elbows off the table to use a different knife for butter   caterpillars don’t grow wings they

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Book Excerpt 02

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, cosmic music academy—a beautiful, large room filled with the shiniest, most beautiful French horns.    And imagine that in this magic world, I do my best to encourage growth, minimize

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