I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.
Erica BrownI have a principle I often invoke in class: comfortable people don't grow. Good teachers need to engage in the paradox of making students feel comfortable and uncomfortable in equal measure.
Erica BrownTeaching is almost like an act of prayer for me. I feel that I am present at the intersection of people and ideas in a very holy way. There are not many places where successful adults can take a break from work or domestic issues and freely and safely explore their inner lives or global issues through an ethical lens.
Erica BrownThat's true of every form of literature - each writer brings new things to it because each of us is an individual.
Erica Brown