In his masterwork, Walden, Henry David Thoreau explained that he “went to the woods to live deliberately.” In this sermon honoring Indigenous People, we’ll explore what it might mean to live, as they have, in a deliberate and conscious relationship with the sacred natural world. How do we and can we help Nature thrive and … Continue reading The Heartbeat of Trees

The Days of Awe between the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur offer us all (Jewish or not) a yearly opportunity to reflect, consider our righteousness and our missteps, seek and offer forgiveness, and venture forth again in a positive, healing direction. Metaphorically, these days could be seen as a semi-colon; where one … Continue reading A Semi-Colon is No Place to Stay