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On Ash Wednesday, carrying "Ashes to Go onto the street", I was reminded again that any spirituality that aspires to be authentic has to be lived out in the everyday, among the harried, the homeless and the hospital goers.

The religious differences that divide us can sometimes make it seem as though we are members of quite different tribes. But by focusing exclusively on what divides us, we lose sight of an enormous amount of common ground.

Secular Humanistic Jews approach Judaism not as a belief system, but 鈥渁s the historical and cultural experience of the Jewish people.鈥� Jewish identity is a result 鈥渙f ancestry or choice,鈥� which is also true in the other, larger branches of Judaism, though the criteria may differ for ancestry and Jewish conversion.

Working with people with wildly different opinions, can be challenging, but ultimately we know that when we do, it brings a full story to the table for all, not just for some.

There is no doubt that medical sciences have made significant progress. But it is time to face trauma and the emotional issues it produces with a new and different approach 鈥� to acknowledge that the root cause of many of these issues is spiritual, and then introduce spiritual methods to deal with them permanently.

We need to replace money as a measure of success with a more spiritual or humane one.

The creator is always present to us but there are times when our view is distorted because of where we are spiritually or physically and we are looking from the wrong angle.

Sunday, February 5 | 2:00 - 5:00 pm | Spirit of Life Lutheran Church. This event, held in recognition of Interfaith Harmony Week, is free to attend

Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians on Jan. 27, 1945. Etty Hillesum's diary is an intimate and haunting moral document for the ages

In our busy lives, trying to find stillness, a pause, can be challenging, but so worth it