We Listen and Learn from You by Sam Swire, Director of Youth Engagement
This past weekend I had the privilege of helping to staff our 10th graders’ annual Confirmation Trip. While most would shy away from accompanying 26
This past weekend I had the privilege of helping to staff our 10th graders’ annual Confirmation Trip. While most would shy away from accompanying 26
In an attempt to divine some order from mid-life chaos, I recently turned to meditation. The loss of my parents, a health scare and other
September is a great month. Temperatures begin to slide from misery to comfortable. So does the humidity, by the way, which means “good hair days”
As far back as I can remember, I’ve had faith. Faith in the love of my parents, faith that tomorrow brings opportunity, and faith that
My life is in transition. I have gone from being a Software Engineer, working for the same company for 20 years, to being “43 years
We all hear it at least once daily: young people in America are lazy, selfish, dependent upon their parents, unwilling to take risks, unambitious. Stories
Each year, Elul seems to bring challenges and decisions that have tremendous impact on my life. The practice of searching my spirit and soul for
For me, faith and trust go together because if you meet a person and you get to know them and start to want to be
At 13 years old, I did not have a Bar Mitzvah. I did, however, have lots of questions. Growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, I attended “Sunday School” in