Go Forth: Starting on the Spiritual Journey

[The following is an address that I delivered to a graduating class of Rabbis in 2007. This is included here because the call to spiritual service that applies to clergy and teachers also applies to all who want to live a life of meaning and purpose.]

It’s startling to realize that not long ago, I sat where you are now sitting, ready to receive rabbinic ordination. It’s startling because I have experienced so many changes since that day; changes that I could not have imagined as I proudly and nervously sat in your chair. Now as I look back, I realize that in a very real sense, a new life began for me on that day. By the end of the day, I was no longer simply a person who, like most of us, raises ...

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