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Trauma Triggers Feeling of Regret In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the West, Texas, explosion at a fertilizer production facility, Sunday Morning on CBS aired a story about the heightened awareness that none of us is assured of tomorrow, and the regret for unsaid words and undone deeds that often accompanies unexpected […]

Homeless Man’s Selfless Deed Rewarded Two months ago, a homeless man sitting on a sidewalk with his bicycle saw a bit of bling in his change cup. Curious, the 55-year-old, who had been panhandling “for the better part of a decade,” asked a local jeweler about the custom-made engagement ring. The jeweler offered him $4,000 […]

In most religious groups today, young-adult participation is not nearly what it once was, and many attempts to re-engage with that age group have not been successful.  A news story last week tells of a new approach to young-adult ministry, one that can be called the “better-than-nothing model.”  It involves efforts among synagogues in Washington, […]