Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
April 10, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Reflecting on Friday's Disaster of Spiritual Care Training & Previewing Today's Workshops forInterfaith families
Dear Hevreh,
"Everybody is a living document." This is one of the key teachings from my training on Disaster Spiritual Care with the American Red Cross on Friday. In essence, this teaching emphasizes how everyone's unique story is a something important to listen to, how it is a "document" worthy of being "read." This is especially the case when working with someone who has just experienced trauma from a hurricane or a terrorist attack. While there is the story of the tragedy that we hear in the news, there are the stories we don't hear from survivors who collectively add their[...]
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March 25, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
There we were on Sunday afternoon, four Jewish-Christian couples, a minister, and a rabbi, sitting in the chapel at Beth Mordecai sharing meaningful objects from our respective traditions. Kippot, crosses, bibles, prayer books, necklaces, candles were brought forward, each one with a story to tell about how its "owner" found meaning in their existence. Through these wonderful objects, we shared more than just stories -- we shared ourselves, how each one of us finds deep and powerful meaning in being faithful to our religious traditions and how there is so much for us to learn from one another.
These are not the stories you normally hear in the media about interfaith couples and families. What you normally hear is how if you[...]
Category : Interfaith Families Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : interfaith families Jewish-Christian meaningful objects rabbi rabbi's journal Reverend Anne-Marie Jeffery St. Peter's Episcopilian Church