I’d like to introduce you to the philosophical treatise that has most influenced my life: Calvin & Hobbes. You may laugh, but anyone who’s ever read Calvin & Hobbes knows that it addresses serious questions about existence and values and meaning…all through the eyes of the world’s most precocious 6-year-old and his imaginary tiger friend.ContinueContinue reading “From Human Doing to Human Being: A Yom Kippur Sermon About Mindfulness”
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Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: A Sermon For Rosh Hashanah 5778
Does anybody else here remember the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? It’s about a kid named Alexander, about 4 or 5 years old, who is not having a good day. He gets gum in his hair, and drops his sweater in the sink, and gets criticized by his teacher,ContinueContinue reading “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: A Sermon For Rosh Hashanah 5778”
“Think For Yourself” – A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 5777
“Think for yourself.” It’s what every teacher and every professor ever said to us. “Think for yourself.” It’s what we hope for our children as they go out into the world. “Think for yourself.” Socrates said that, “to find yourself, you must think for yourself” And, Christopher Hitchens wrote that, “[If you} take the riskContinueContinue reading ““Think For Yourself” – A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 5777″
The Toolkit: A Reflection for Rosh Hashanah 5776
Once, there were two builders – one wise and one foolish. They were on a journey to a jobsite in a faraway town, and each one carried his tool belt with him as they made their way. As night approached, the builders felt weary and stopped at an inn to sleep. Since they were afraidContinueContinue reading “The Toolkit: A Reflection for Rosh Hashanah 5776”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 