Christmas and Hanukkah are around the corner—two bright traditions arriving side by side. When holidays converge, they offer humanity a quiet invitation to revisit the roots of our faith. Just as birthdays help us renew our relationship with ourselves, and anniversaries help us reflect on the bonds we share with those we love, sacred holidays call us to reconnect with the heart of what we trust. Whether one calls it God, Spirit or the Universe —or, like the atheist, places tr

Have you heard of Aesop’s fable The Fox and the Grapes ? It tells of a fox who, unable to reach a cluster of luscious grapes, walks away muttering that they must have been sour anyway. As a child, I never quite understood why this was considered a problem. Honestly, I thought the fox was being sensible. I grew up with my mother repeating a teaching from a nun at her convent school: When God doesn’t give you what you want, He will give you something far better and more useful.

We all know what it’s like to talk the talk: to speak of love, trust, or faith, but walking the walk is another story altogether. Maya Angelou said, “ Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”  But that’s far easier said (talked) than done (walked). Yet talking is simply where the journey begins. Doing better follows, but only when the knowing is deeply ingrained, embodied in every cell of our being. This is a journey that can span a li