Reflections on Spirituality
March 12, 2021
An overview of Evolve’s pieces on spiritual practice—from personal, liturgical and practice-based standpoints.
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An overview of Evolve’s pieces on spiritual practice—from personal, liturgical and practice-based standpoints.
Our view of reality can be transformed when we ask, “Where is God/the Holy in this?” and “What is the invitation/opportunity at this moment?” Gradually, we can build a relationship with what is beyond our ability to conceive.
How do we work to make things better? This interpretation of the morning Shaharit offers a way in: to act in spiritual alignment with creation for a more equitable and just world.
In this piece from 2001, Rabbi Jacob Staub wrestles with the arguments around inclusion of patrilineal Jews, and explains why the inclusion and celebration of patrilineal Jews are crucial to the Jewish future.
How seriously should the Zionist reading of Jewish history affect the way we interpret the meaning of the Jewish past and the significance of contemporary events?
Exploration of the halachah (Jewish law), contemporary environment and theological implications around rituals of affirmation of Jewish identity.
Is it possible to find comfort in God without believing in God? Rabbi Jacob Staub explores the question and offers other lenses by which the answer might be “yes.”
This article is excerpted from The Guide to Jewish Practice, Volume 1. The full Guide may be ordered from the Reconstructionist Press. The festival of
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