At the end of the 19th century and around the bend to the next, Ukraine was unsafe. At that time, it was Jewish people who were the target of pogroms and the Czar. Lives were taken, homes and villages burned, nothing was sacred. In an attempt to survive, many hurried…

A Therapeutic Psalm In LA A young guy rushed across the street — I could see he had once been handsome — mostly gone, arms swaying high, jabbering nonsense… How long, Oh Lord, will darkness draw the innocent into its mouth of death? How long will drunkenness look like fun? …

We haul it in and haul it out, our home and beds upon our backs. The trail ahead - we struggle on, with bundles and our packs. The flowers spreading at our sides. The tiny shrubs all filled with blue. Their berries sweet, and calling me, and glad I am…

Sometimes I run across an idea in scripture I’ve never seen before. This song is based on the latest. I’m making my way through the book of Numbers. Chapter 7 includes a list of objects and animals and things brought to God. One of this, one of that, one of…

Verse I: Don’t ask me why I hurt when a tree comes down Don’t laugh when I say I’ve lost a friend No matter how hard the year in the spring it blooms again What has it ever done - but give Chorus: I wonder if trees are supposed to…