Prayer
Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South
In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...
A Hug and a (Christian) Prayer
“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...
MLK Day: My Second Birthday
Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...
Between the Holy and the Frustrating
It’s Friday afternoon in a quiet Maryland suburb. Cars pull into driveways and kids get off school buses, ready to ...
Talking to God
A few years ago, I was invited to become part of an interfaith clergy group in Brooklyn. The group had ...
Beyond Despair, Our Responsibility to the Children of Newtown
What has changed in the three years since Newtown? The children and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary were no different ...
Why I’m Tired of Praying for Peace
We moved into Shabbat last week with the news of the attacks in Paris on our minds. The multiple coordinated ...
A Prayer For Paris
On Saturday night, my husband and I went to a local pub to listen to music. Then we came home ...
Jamming in Jerusalem with My Landlady’s Husband
My name is Sandra Lawson, and I am rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. I’m spending this semester in ...
Overcoming Obstacles to Recite Mourner’s Kaddish with Dignity
My father died on Rosh Hashanah 5764. He died at home, in a clean white bed, surrounded by his wife ...