by Debra Darvick | Jun 27, 2014 | Musings, Read the Spirit
From time to time I have been invited to give the weekly Shabbat sermon at synagogue. Each Shabbat has name, which is drawn from the weekly Torah portion that is read at services, in part on Monday and Thursday mornings and more fully on Saturday morning. This...
by Debra Darvick | Jan 20, 2014 | Musings, Read the Spirit
OH boy is the universe a joker! Can’t be a total coincidence that not five hours after I attend a meditation class that focussed on the sense of hearing, I broke something I treasured for the delightful sounds it made. Rabbi Aaron Bergman led the class, and...
by Debra Darvick | Jan 13, 2014 | Musings, Read the Spirit
I’ve gone only twice, but I’m beginning to love those Wednesday mornings. It’s a perfect loop: artistic creativity, getting to know an ever-expanding circle of women, an ample nosh, and best of all the knowledge that each of our creations will be...
by Debra Darvick | Jan 6, 2014 | Musings, Prayerlooms, Read the Spirit, Uncategorized
Basements are the modern-day equivalent to the genizah. Genizah, (Hebrew root g-n-z) originally referred to the act of putting away or hiding. The word eventually developed to refer to the actual place where things were deposited, which I think is a perfect example of...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 29, 2013 | His Lens/My Pen, Read the Spirit
2013’s final His Lens/My Pen image was taken in Laguna Beach, California. It was a cool January afternoon. Martin and I found this spot at the end of a neighborhood street. One after another after another, the waves crashed against these boulders, insistent,...
by Debra Darvick | Dec 16, 2013 | Musings, Read the Spirit
I feel like I’m in one of those tea cup rides at the amusement park. Time is the teacup and some unhand hand keeps turning the steering wheel ever faster and faster. Can the end of 2013 really be a fortnight away? Is it really going to be 2014? I have my 2014...
