I'd been seeing "shana tova" posts on social media today, but forgot until just a little while ago that I have this practice every year. I turned 33 this summer, so I'd definitely been thinking for a while about how this would be "my Jesus year," but I'd forgotten about this period (albeit not of my own tradition) of reflection. The "new year" ( Read more... )

I've been thinking of the Ani DiFranco song "hour follows hour" recently:and maybe the most that we can do ( Read more... )

Every year I repost this from Amy:One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

Before meditation tonight [at First Church Cambridge], I made a couple suggestions of ways to make it more welcoming to newbies and Kate L. made note of them ( Read more... )

As has become my custom, reposting this from Amy:One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

via Velveteen Rabbi:elul: psalm 27we are told to say the following ( Read more... )

As has become my custom, reposting this from Amy:One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

I had dinner with Jonah tonight and was reminded that my life contains rather a lot of details to keep track of, so this is an open opportunity to ask anything you'd like.  Comments are screened.

I stole this from Amy last year, and I'm doing it again because I like it:One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

This morning, AmyFox posted:One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )