Daily Advent Devotional: WEEK of LOVE
When we love another heart And allow it to love us, We journey deep below time Into that eternal weaveWhere nothing unravels … John O’Donohue (excerpt) Daily Advent Devotional: WEEK of LOVE: Day 22- Sun, Dec 19 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.Just as I have loved you, you also […]
Meditations on love for the fourth Sunday of Advent
Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!— Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Love is the bridge between you and everything. ~ Rumi The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is to love […]
Ahava / Love as reflected in Jewish prayer known as Shema
There is no remedy for love but to love more.—Henry David Thoreau The first two of these commandments —love for God and love for our fellow humans —are actualized through mitzvot, a system that shapes idealsinto behavior and is deepened through communal norms.— Joanna Samuels Love God. Love God with everything you are: heart, mind, […]
April 18 Worship
Full Service Reflection by Rev Gail Doktor JCC 041821 – Doubting Thomas.mp4 from architect on Vimeo.