Going through my files of writing, looking for idea lists that I’ve previously made so I’m not always recreating the wheel. I’ve done some good work over the years, some of it pretty extensive, and had some good ideas for pieces and projects that haven’t gone very far. But little of it has been sewn up and worn outdoors. Read more →
I was laying on my back in the driveway. I have a huge to-do list, and I don’t know what to do. I could focus on any of them but they all feel useless, or not useless, but not really like they get at IT, at what I’m supposed to be doing. So I lay on my back and asked… Read more →
When you engage with Jewish holidays in the US, they feel slippery, like how you only see ghosts and fairies out of the corners of your eyes. But each holiday has its own quality of slipperiness. With Chanuka, first, I never spell it the same way twice, because it comes from a different alphabet, and I don’t trust Spell… Read more →
Some people know, and some people don’t, so here’s the skinny… Yes, we bought a house. At its core it’s an old farmhouse, and then it has weird additions. It’s on 3/4 of an acre and around the corner from where we live now–Rachel counted, and it’s actually 15 doors down, a 10 minute walk. We’re slowly taking things over… Read more →
Source: As Obama Spoke On Trump’s Win, The Faces Of White House Staffers Said It All | The Huffington Post Read more →
“In the week in which we read in the Torah the story of the great flood and Noah’s Ark and in which we begin the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, we immerse ourselves in liturgy and narrative about water. Now is the time to honor Native rights and environmental justice by taking action in solidarity,” said Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, Kol Tzedek Synagogue who… Read more →
“I want to make sure they have their water protected,” Murphy said. “And I would like to see unity, not only of the tribes, but of all people. We will do this peacefully, prayerfully. I am here until they stop the pipeline.” Source: The violent Dakota Access Pipeline protest raged for hours — until this tribal elder stepped in |… Read more →
Where have I been? Years ago, a teacher said to me, “A lot of people have talent, but not many have persistence. Adam, you keep coming back and that’s what’s going to serve you well.” So here I am, back at the white page, head full of ideas and darkness outside, a cup of coffee, dog asleep next to me,… Read more →
I’m sitting in a Santa Barbara window seat–early morning, cup of coffee–staring out at the smooth water toward the Channel Islands, confusing a swimming club flashing out by the bouy line for a pack of dolphins and thus waking my daughter too early, watching people more ambitious than I out for their runs. It’s 12 days since I finished at the… Read more →
I’ve decided to move forward on getting a Master of Divinity, or MDiv. Why? A reason I’m working to become an independent chaplain to people who are dying, and to their families–an Advocate for the Spirit, I’ve sometimes thought would be a better name for what I want to do–is because our death is real, and the anticipation of our death is something I see shared… Read more →