Heschel, Eckhart, Merton on Beholding
Yesterday we meditated on Rabbi Heschel’s invitation to “behold in order to stand face to face with the beauty and grandeur of the universe.” Meister
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Yesterday we meditated on Rabbi Heschel’s invitation to “behold in order to stand face to face with the beauty and grandeur of the universe.” Meister
If anything characterizes the politics of our time–and the distorted media and social media in our time–it is the disregard for truth. Rabbi Heschel underscored
On Monday, we are celebrating both Earth Day and Passover for they fall on the same day this year. That synchronicity is special. Maybe there is a
It seems to me that Rabbi Abraham Heschel offers a deep insight into this most important question: “What does it mean to be human?” Heschel
Thomas Aquinas reminds us that “to exist is the most perfect thing of all, for compared to existence, everything else is potential.” And that “God is
One thing I admire (among many) in the teachings of Rabbi Heschel is how he challenges believers not to live in the past, but not
All wisdom traditions, all religions, hold up special days and special practices for celebration. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote a classic, but modestly sized, book
When it was Rabbi Lerner’s time to speak at his International Association of Sufism Humanity Award Ceremony he led off—as he so often does—with leading
The MC for the Humanity award evening sponsored by the International Association of Sufism was Michael Krasny who is a brilliant interviewer whose radio program
“Everything praises God,” says Meister Eckhart, and Heschel declares that “what we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.” Heschel
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