

A new moon song
Looking ahead to a new lunar month, Elul. Interpreting Psalm 81: A Psalm to Sing Again and Help us Gather-in Harninu – Why not? Why not sing For God’s sake, from the core, voice our strength, voice our joy, Echo the shouts of our ancestors Noah's 'Land ho!' Abraham’s: ‘Here I am!’ Sarah’s laughter. Rebecca’s: ‘What am I?’ Jacob’s: ‘Wow, I, I did not realize that…’ Hillel’s: ‘If not now, when!’ Lift the dusking of a new day’s song from within Beat it out like a drum, shake i


A song for the climb
The 5th moon of Av waning. Snow appeared on the pass this morning. The descent into memory and loss has hit bottom and rebounded. The days of mourning are done A Song for the Climb (Psalm 121) Estranged[1] from the Source of moon, mountain and sun Afraid of the emptiness if You don’t come. If your name is Nothingness[2] why do I run When need and fulfillment all flow from the One. Lift up my eyes (lift up my eyes), See hilltop meet skies (hilltop meet skies) In clouds and in