Spiritual Work >>
Date: 2016-09-29 | Id: rdw17

SPIRITUAL WORK “Spiritual work” is a strange phrase. What kind of “work” is it that doesn’t result in a finished product, or even a paycheck? Work which no one can see you doing? Work which doesn’t even have a concrete goal?

Time Well Spent >>
Date: 2016-08-24 | Id: rdw18

In June’s Newsletter, I suggested we all use this summer to “get lost” – to find our way to parts of New Jersey that aren’t on the way to anywhere, and to enjoy the adventure. This month I want to suggest that we reconnect to parts of our past that we may have lost.

Get Lost >>
Date: 2016-06-01 | Id: rdw19

I mean it. This summer, get lost. Remember driving somewhere before the invention of GPS navigation? Before MapQuest? People would give directions over the phone, we’d dutifully copy them down (usually omitting just one key item), and we’d set off on our journey.

You Can Do This >>
Date: 2016-04-20 | Id: rdw20

You. Can. Do. This.

When we hear that there are 613 mitzvot in the Torah, there is a temptation to give up and say, “Well, I’ll just try to be a good person. That’s all Judaism really wants.” But it’s not.