Twos-Day… 2-22-22…What a fun conjunction of numbers!  At 2:22 pm on 2-22-22, I will be at the Philadelphia Airport waiting to board a plane to California to visit our daughter.  I wonder how many of you will pause at that moment to note that long string of 2’s.  There is nothing magical about such a confluence of 2’s… it’s just a novelty.  Much like the fact that today’s letter is #100.  I can’t b...  Read More

In December, I was given an Amaryllis.  Some of you are familiar with this fascinating plant.  Others of you heard about it for the first time in my Tuesday letter on December 21st.  In that letter, I marveled at the directions that came with the plant: “No care needed.”  How could that be?  How could a plant thrive without water or soil?  The directions said that all that I needed to do was place...  Read More

I love watching the Olympics… the grace and skill… the daring courage… the back stories of athletes and their families sacrificing to realize olympic-size dreams. While I am not a winter sports enthusiast, I find myself mesmerized by the speed of the skiers, the high-flying acrobatics of the snowboarders, the graceful spins and jumps of the ice skaters. I am cheering on Team USA, but still enjoy t...  Read More

Sabbath keeping… one of the Ten Commandments… encouraged by our grandmothers back in the day… deemed impractical by even devote Christians today. If you read the whole commandment (Exodus 20:8-11), you will discover that Sabbath keeping is about literally ceasing all work in order to rest. The example that is given describes God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh. That descr...  Read More

One has to wonder why anyone would choose to become a meteorologist. They are by far one of the most maligned groups of professionals. How many times have you heard someone say, “It must be nice to get paid to be wrong 50% of the time.”? Penn State has one of the top meteorology programs in the country. Those students are proud scientists, but they are also the butt of many a joke on campus. Every...  Read More

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail April 16, 1963 On Friday, January 7th, Temple Judea in Furlong gathered via Zoom for their Shabbat service. As their faith community prayed, an unknown participant entered their Zoom space and wrote hateful antisemitic and racist comments in the chat for all to read. That person the...  Read More