The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 24/40 From Rabbi Brian Mistakes A little over a week ago I got a phone call that went something like this: -Rabbi Brian? –Yeah? -Where are you? –Here, why? -We had a meeting scheduled for 40 minutes ago! Oops. I had forgotten a scheduled meeting. […]
The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 22/40 From Rabbi Brian How Stressed-Can-I-Be Contest? Religion-Outside-The-Box originally ran this contest when it only had a few hundred people on the mailing list. This utterly sarcastic spiritual contest is intended to raise awareness to the societal braggadocio in which we have pride boasting how stressful our
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 21/40 From Rabbi Brian Certainty Certainty is a state of being certain – not a state of being right or wrong. If you’re certain about something, all it means is that you’re sure about it. You have no doubt. But the absence of doubt does
The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 20/40 From Rabbi Brian Teasing Have you ever made fun of someone? Or have you ever been teased by someone else? My guess is you answered “yes” to both questions. A recent incident opened my eyes to the true nature of teasing. It happened at
The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 19/40 From Larry Keene Simple Prayer: Warfare Among the Religious O God, It is sometimes very difficult to get along with religious people. I mean it is sometimes difficult to get along with people who claim to be the followers of the Almighty. It never ceases
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 18/40 From Rabbi Brian Like and Dislike Here is one of my favorite quotes: If I dislike someone, the way they hold their spoon will offend me. If I like someone, they could drop a plate of food in my
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 17/40 From Rabbi Brian Wisdom and Serenity Take a moment to reflect. Think about what’s going on, how you feel, and how it seems life is treating you. Now, make a list of 5 things that are bothering you. Just write down (or think
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 16/40 From Larry Keene Simple Prayer: Patience Dear God, I wonder if the saints of old would have had as much patience as they possessed if they had to deal daily with such things as freeway on-ramps at five o’clock in the afternoon and ballpoint pens
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 15/40 From Rabbi Brian Life: it’s hard My friend Julie says something that I think we all need to take to heart: Life. It isn’t for the weak. From time to time I forget just how hard it is to be among the
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The 77% Weekly The 40/52 weeks-a-year, spiritual-religious newsletter 14/40 From Rabbi Brian Children, religion, and God. My son, when he was 3-years-old saw a man standing on the top of a building and asked me, “Is that man God?” “I don’t think that’s God,” I replied. “Yes, I think it is
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