Author: spiritualitytoday

  • The Sound of All of Us

    The Sound of All of Us

    I was walking through my neighborhood the other day, serenaded by the deafening buzz of the periodic cicadas.  It was amazingly loud.  I was just getting irritated when a song popped into my head. It was, “One Voice” written by Ruth Moody of The Wailin’ Jennys.  You can listen to it here. The song is…

  • This is … something.

    This is … something.

    I took this photo in our yard this morning. In the background I could hear the steady hum of cicadas. I looked up and saw literally thousands of these creatures in the trees above me. I know that this afternoon the hum will be so loud, it might be painful to be outside. This is definitely something! As…

  • On Holiday Dinners

    On Holiday Dinners

    One of the highly anticipated parts of the Jewish celebration of Passover is the Seder dinner. This holiday meal is a family-oriented gathering that is much more than a meal. There are symbolic foods to eat, and a well-known liturgy to be followed. In many ways the Seder dinner is a multigenerational worship service that…