Writing
Series
- Beyond Social Media
- Bible
- Buddhist Jew Trilogy
- Horary Question
- Horary: Cat
- Horary: Lost Object
- Horary: Right
- Horary: Wrong
- Householders
- How to Build a Fire
- Music
- Spiritual Spectrum Dialogues
- Torah Posting
- Torah Posting: Bereishit
- Torah Posting: Dvarim
- Torah Posting: Shemot
- Torah Posting: Vayikra
- Torah Posting: ba’Midbar
A Healthy Routine
Meditation represents the whole system in microcosm — it cultivates stability and embraces change.
Sitting in Action
Much has been made by Jewish meditators about the fact that ”Shabbat” basically means “the sit.”
Finding My Seat
The stability and dignity of sitting on the floor with the knees down just feels right to me.
Resilience
It can be dangerous to speak of there being a “point” to meditation, but to me, it seems pretty safe to say this is one.
Humanity Has a Dark Side, and We All Have to Face It
Listen to the majority: humans contain frightening darkness.
Grind Well, Well Grind: Why I’m Returning to the Religion of My Ancestors
Judaism is like a smell of incense hanging in a cloud around me from the moment I was born.
The Integratron: Making Waves in America
“You’re just here to be here,” he said. “You don’t have to do anything else.”
“New Age” Is an Anti-Human Epithet
Rituals are as human as smiling and crying, and they aren’t scary “New Age” innovations.
G!d’s Lonely Programmer
The desire to build something grand and immortal is so familiar, but it feels out of reach for me.
Language Is an Invention, Not an Instinct
Human DNA can’t even encode something so rich in information.
The War Against Rest: New Christian Arguments for the Sabbath
If we’re going to stop the boot of mindless capitalism from stamping on America’s face for the rest of time, we’re going to need some thoroughly Christian arguments.
How Not to Do Important Science Journalism About Spirituality
It makes me so upset to see articles about important things executed this way in the name of maximizing eyeballs.
Why It Matters That We’re Landing on a Comet
There are many arguments both for and against space stuff, but the one that puts me firmly on the pro-space side is the argument for perspective.
