Further resources on embracing the stranger face-to-face
A guided meditation on Psalm 27
Kavvanah written for Yom Kippur services at the Lincoln Memorial, 2015.Â
An essay on travel to Eastern Europe, and the strangeness and familiarity found there.
Kavvanah for shofar blowing on the High Holidays
Introductory essay in God Loves the Stranger
To love the stranger represents an outrageous leap out of the typical moral economy, in which we do kindnesses and expect to be repaid in kind. In loving the stranger, we transcend self-interest.
A meditation on family members who are also strangers.