A word of tree, a whisper of stone

Do animals have spirituality?      I do not know, but I do know that our dog, Jessie, had quite a complex inner life. We observed her more ...

Is it possible that our God is a pyromaniac?    Well there certainly are some strong indications. When you read the Bible, you ca...

    Bees indeed deserve our love and admiration. My sister is a small yet ardent beekeeper and she can go on and on about the miracles and...

Shortly after our sons were born we brought home Jessie - our diehard Scottish Terrier. She literally grew up with our sons. From the tim...

Set me as a seal upon your heart,     as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death,     passion as fierce as the netherworld. ...

This Lent and Easter we have been reading the Song of Songs - a marvelous book of biblical love poetry. In its last chapter we read: “Love ...

Shortly after we moved to NYC we made a pilgrimage to visit my childhood idol.     One rainy Saturday in early spring we took the subway to...