In a certain town, there were three churches – a Methodist Church, a Presbyterian Church, and a Baptist Church. These three churches decided to set up a competition to see which of them had the better message for attracting new converts. The only limitations placed upon the contest were that each church had to set up a booth in front of it, and the only communication that could come out of that booth had to be non-verbal. No one could say anything, but they could print out a message and pass it out as strangers walked by. So the [READ MORE]

My old friend and colleague Andrea Gouze was among the clergy asked to serve on the Red Cross' spiritual care team on November 1st, 1999. The day before, EgyptAir Flight 990 had crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket Island, killing all aboard. In the following days, the families of those who died aboard the doomed jet began to gather in Newport, RI. Andrea felt strangely out of place, given the fact that most family members were Muslim. Andrea is a Jew. And a Rabbi besides. All of Andrea's misgivings were erased, however, when - one afternoon - she [READ MORE]