Author: spiritualitytoday
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The Sound of All of Us
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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…
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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…
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On Holiday Dinners
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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…