Behavior shapes beliefs.

It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities."--Mr Bill Berkowitz

This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.

I thought religion would eventually wither away and we'd all be worshiping at the altar of science.

In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.