Judaism calls for us to honor the rhythm of human life, the demands of the human community around us, the call of the divine order as the filter and scale for the decisions that drive our own small lives. We do not rule the universe, Judaism reminds us. God does. We are not its standard or its norms. We are only its keepers, its agents, its stewards. To do right by the universe at large is the measure of a happiness framed with the entire cosmos in mind but lived in microcosms across time.

We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.

In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.

In scripture God brings the animals to the human for naming. In that simple act the human is brought to recognize the particular personality and worth of each living creature. Too bad we forget so often.