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Faith: The Last Word
This is my last editorial as the rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim.
Religion | A High Holiday Message
Baruch Dayan Ha’emet. It’s different to start a High Holiday message with this...
Megan Rohrer Becomes First Trans Lutheran Bishop
Megan Rohrer has been making history their entire life.
Faith | Our Pride is Still Evolving
This is the first year I’ll be eligible for Medicare. I believe that getting older is a...
Faith | The Secrets and Joys of Purim
The Purim holiday is coming up this month. It’s a kind of Jewish Mardi Gras, celebrated by...
Faith | Hanukkah – The Festival of Lights
The upcoming Hanukkah holiday is both a delightful and delicious festival.
Faith | During the Festival of Sukkot, You Are Not Alone
This article will reach you during the festival of Sukkot, our annual celebration of the...
Faith: The High Holy Days
When will life return to normal? So many questions vex us these days, causing anxiety...
Faith: The Three Weeks
Unfortunately our coronavirus crisis is being chronic. I pray that you stay well and safe...
Faith: A Time for Chesed
I have spent decades in Jewish and LGBT community work, learning about and...
Faith: The First Easter
This Holy Week and Easter are like nothing we’ve ever experienced. Services suspended and...
Faith: Easter & COVID-19
We are certainly living in unsettling times with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. I have a...
Group Denounces Clergy For Blaming LGBT People For Coronavirus
(WB) The leader of the Mount Rainier, Md.-based LGBT Catholic group New Ways Ministry is...
Faith: Evolution of our Communal Lives, or The Times They Are A-Changin’
When the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE the rabbi sages of the Jewish community were faced...
Faith: A Reflection on Lent in Honor of Mayor Flippen
The day before Ash Wednesday Justin Flippen died as a result of a brain aneurism, he was...
Faith: A World in Chaos or Glorious Splendor?
When we perceive life solely from the mind, through the lens of our egoic nature, we focus on...
Faith: The Holy Season of Lent
40 Days. 40 days of Holy Time. This is the time during which churches...
Faith: Purim, Revealing the Hidden
The frivolity of the upcoming Purim holiday is one sign of the month of Adar, of which it is...
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan ordains its First Female and openly Lesbian Bishop
(CNN) The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan on Saturday ordained and consecrated Dr. Bonnie...
