A song for this moment comes from a Bat Mitzvah service at Park Avenue Synagogue some years ago. I’ve been listening to it a lot in recent days. The moment is as sweet as the song is. I love the gentle hand of the cantor (Azi Schwartz) on the back of the young girl…
I suppose Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” from 1973 is what they would call the oldies these days. And since I’m older, this was a chorus I remember well from my childhood. I have no idea how many times I have heard this song over the years, but I feel like I just finally…
In my mind this morning is a verse of hope. It’s Ezekiel 1:1 which reads, “In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.” (NIV) It’s a bad news/good news scenario. The…