Learning Opportunities

Any of the topics below can be customized and/or combined for adult online learning based on:

• Number and Format of Sessions – from individual coaching/study to an online adult education series or webinar.

 

• Group size, age, and context (congregational study group, clergy-team, ritual committee, educators, soloists, individuals, to name a few)
 

• Cohort potential: Ability to save funds by combining your study with other people or synagogue teams from your community or colleagues across the country.

 

 

For Congregations

 

The Glamour in the Grammar
Unpacking the prayers for relevant interpretation. How can one go beneath the words of the siddur and uncover relevant truths for today's world? Using the Hebrew structure and themes of the Liturgy to bring new life to the ancient words.

 

Shema and V’ahavta:  What am I Listening For, and How Do I Love It?

A highly-participatory small-group journey around questions of sacred listening, hearing “echadity,” finding it in surprising and sometimes unpleasant places, and loving it with all our heart, soul, and strength. 

 

Sing a Song of Spirit: Contemporary Composers on God

A new song each session, each designed to open conversation around one’s experience of what is holy in this time/life/moment.

 

Group Spiritual Direction

Please see my description of Spiritual Direction here.  Small online group opportunities are available.

 

 

For Prayer Leaders

 

Prayer as Spiritual Practice
• Exploring the deep truths and inspiration of the liturgy, and allowing them to influence our daily lives and the lives of those around us.
• The role of the shaliach tzibbur – how does one both facilitate and get out of the way at the same time?
• Removing stumbling blocks for oneself and for one’s congregants
• Facilitating communal worship effectively and creatively to change the worshipper and the world.
• Examining the concept of “success” as it relates to the worship experience.

 

Crafting Worship that “Works”
• Vision, ownership, flow, engagement, depth, impact.
• Tools and techniques designed for mindful choices in repertoire and liturgy
• Building relationships with and amongst the worshippers
• Broadening one’s horizons vis-à-vis the definition of prayer
• Empowering congregants to take responsibility for their own prayer experience.

 

The Role of the Shaliach Tzibbur
Just who in heaven’s name do we think we are, and what on earth are we trying to do?
Exploring and articulating one’s own perspectives on the act of prayer, the efficacy of congregational worship, theology, and our personal and evolving relationship with the words of the siddur.