Sublime

Kehilat Hadar succeeded because it had a resonant vision, was willing to define clear boundaries while remaining open to anyone hoping to share that vision, and energized hundreds of people to take hold of their own Jewish life and express it in community.

Remember that many of the creation myths from our earlier ancestors—the indigenous, pre-colonized peoples from cultures around the world—painted a different picture of the origin of women and men, and their worth and roles. In many of those stories, neither sex was created to dominate the other. Both men and women shared the responsibility to help

The most inspiring work in the world today is being performed by those who have undergone this initiatory passage, those who have returned with precious resources for a soulcentric or life-sustaining society. This is the descent of which Thomas writes, the mature hero's journey described by mythologist Joseph Campbell, the descent to the goddess po

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think. There’s a lot packed into that one line. Every time I read it, I hear Toni Morrison’s voice. I hear her telling me to respect my own dreams and to trust my instincts before I allow self-doubt and overthinking to highjack my vision.

Identifying with your material self rather than with your spiritual self will always leave you vulnerable

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My fury is for every woman who’s been told by the church that God values her marriage more than her soul, her safety, her freedom.

Jeju’s matrifocal culture,