Shabbat and the Single Person

As I shared in my last post, I’ve decided to get the ball rolling on this whole Judaism thing by observing Shabbat. Figuring out the “how” of observing Shabbat is sure to be an interesting journey, in fact I already seem to be conflicting myself.
As I shared last post, I have decided to observe [...]

just LIVE it (with a side of Griffin)

My big weekend went great! On Sunday morning, I left for the 1.5 hour drive to my nearest Reform synagogue. When I arrived at the meeting for current/prospective converts, I was met by the rabbi, a couple and their younger daughter and a a ten year old girl. Definitely a spread. [...]

BIG weekend

As those around me already know, I have been really stressed out lately.  Two weekends ago, my car broke down in Wisconsin.  Last weekend, I was “on-call” for work during a blizzard warning.  Work hasn’t been great because I feel like I don’t have enough time to do everything I’m supposed to do.  For the [...]

fame

Geez… you intend to get back to business on a blog and before you know it–two weeks have already passed! Anyway, I have a good excuse as I recently made a weekend trip to Ohio to visit the family. My mom was celebrating the big 5-0 birthday and the baby sister, Pidge, was [...]