From God, Moses and Betzalel, Molly learned how to redirect destructive energy into holy work. And I'm still kvelling!
My outsider status was hard-won. Earned with my own blood.
Elizabeth revisits the literary thinkers she encountered at age sixteen. And aren't we all searching for wisdom?
Potash Feldspar woke up and looked at the time. There, glowing brighter as the day progressed, the information projected on the closed drapes read 8:01AM. 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Hanetz at 8:45AM. His tired old eyes widened slowly and he rolled over to see his wife lying next to him, still sound asleep. Mr. Feldspar got dressed and put on his watch, which synced effortlessly to the drapes and his vitals came on screen. “Modeh Ani L’fanechah” he began to recite to himself.
The High Priest felt a single drop of sweat cascade down his brow. That distraction paled as the High Priest’s ears perked up to catch one choral voice gratingly out of harmony with his brethren.
G-d does not need us to protect His reputation -- nor to use Him to protect ours.
Rachel's assignment? To cover the topic, “Why don’t we talk about Gd enough?”
What it's like to believe in something that so many on both "sides" see as contradictory. And why I think it's that very fact that makes it so wonderful.
In Vayishlach, Yaakov is given a new name: Israel. We may learn from Yaakov's life journey that God is always with us even during the darkest days. Through crippling and painful darkness, He never abandons Israel.
