This is World Communion Sunday in the wider Christian calendar, and it falls right as Simchat Torah closes (the Jewish holiday ends at nightfall on Oct. 4, when the Torah scroll is rewound and reading begins again at Genesis 1). This creates a rich double resonance: what courage does it take to sit down across … Continue reading Rolling Over and Remaining Present

Our Religious Exploration program begins its new year today, and rather than treat this as a children’s milestone alone, we know that this is a congregation-wide happening.. This Homecoming service asks a question with no age limit on who gets to answer it: what do we owe to people we’ll see grow up and those … Continue reading What We Hand Down to Those We Raise Up

As Yom Kippur invites reflection on accountability, forgiveness, and renewal, we gather to consider the ledgers we keep, both consciously and unconsciously. What debts, regrets, disappointments, or old stories have we been carrying forward? Which accounts deserve to be settled, and which were never meant to be balanced in the first place? In a world … Continue reading Limited Ledgers and Living Accounts