Over this winter break, I got to spend a lot of time with family and friends during the holiday season. It was a great experience and I loved getting to catch up with everyone. A big family means that times we are all together for extended periods are becoming less and less common, meaning I’m learning more and more each time I come home the value of family.
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The Quest for Wonder
One of the authors I have taken great pleasure in reading lately has been Abraham Joshua Heschel. If you haven’t heard of him, Heschel was a prominent Jewish rabbi, theologian, and professor during the 19th century. He authored a number of books – most notably his treatise on the importance of a holy day, The Sabbath, in which he compares that holy day to a “sanctuary in time,” one that we are called to uphold so that we may find ourselves coming closer to God.