Awake In Spirit

I feel as though I have been very quiet lately in the spiritual sense. Almost too quiet. I believe this is a function of having been too much in the world. It seems as though I have had to try on the “worldly” persona one more time in order to realize once and for all [...]

Well a funny thing happened in my life.  I am not certain what to make of it.  Neither am I certain what to do with it.  So right now I am just sitting with it.  On March 23, I began a program called Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) with a local hospital.  This can lead to [...]

You have probably heard the phrase that states we are not human beings having a spiritual experience but spiritual beings having a human experience.  Have you thought about what this really means?  Do you believe it?  Have you given it any thought?  Can you relate to this idea? Most of us, when we begin our [...]

It seems that lately many people I know are living in fear.  Mostly they are in fear about the future, particularly their economic future.  Right now, I seem to be one of the few people in my “crowd” that is not worried.  Maybe I should be, but I truly do not think it is necessary.  [...]

A few years ago, the phrase “Tikkun Olam” came into my consciousness.  It is a Hebrew phrase that means “repairing the world”.   I decided to investigate this a bit more and this investigation led me to an interesting realization and an “aha” moment. During my search for the meaning of Tikkun Olam”, I was introduced [...]