Category: Theology
The Cross and the Dharma Wheel
I have often said that in many ways, my mother is more than just my earthly mother. She is so much more. Indeed, she is my spiritual mother. She has been there for me all my life, but her spiritual co... Read More
On Creating Communities of Welcome
This drash was originally delivered at Congregation Beth Israel in Worcester, Massachusetts on February 13, 2016. Shabbat shalom!!! Thank you so much for having me in your community this Shabbat. It i... Read More
Will They Serve the Fatted Calf on Sabbath? Or, the Prodigal Daughter Returns
The last time I went to synagogue was hell. I had just moved to Jerusalem to do a year long fellowship in Jewish Texts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and I had never in my life felt so much am... Read More
Beyoncé, Black Power & the White Church
Preparing a sermon recently as a guest preacher to a white christian congregation, I turned to the African-American lectionary for inspiration. (In Christian tradition, the lectionary assigns readings... Read More
A Voice from the Gospel: Ending the War on Drugs
This post originally appeared here on the Clergy for a New Drug Policy blog. “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” With these words, Jesus spurns a Syrophoenic... Read More
Christmas Is Never Over: What Bethlehem Taught Me
This summer, Abigail received a scholarship to join a two-week-long Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME) human rights delegation to Israel and Palestine. UUJME’s mission is... Read More
The Earth is the Lord’s
For the first week of 2016, I had the pleasure to join a rabbinic mission to Israel, sponsored by AIPAC’s American Israel Education Foundation and the Michael and Lisa Leffell Foundation. On the... Read More
“Love Every One”: A Christmas Reflection on a Grammatical Error and How Utilitarian We Are
I love art – looking at it, watching others create it, attempting to make it myself, even though at least half of my attempts end up looking like they were made by a kindergartener without much arti... Read More