I once had a high school English teacher who told the class we could argue in our term papers that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is about a cheese sandwich, and get full credit...if we could make a credible case for it, using textual and historical evidence. As far as I'm aware, no one wrote a… Continue reading On having a “flexible faith”
I don’t fit neatly in any one spiritual box. It’s frustrating some days, but on average, I consider it a unique part of my identity that I wouldn’t want to change. It allows me to relate to and befriend all different types of people. Still, every now and then I have bad days. I hate… Continue reading Why progressive and conservative Christians don’t like me
While Judaism made me aware that everyone suffers, and Christianity taught me how to persevere through suffering, most of the time I really don’t suffer—I’m just uncomfortable. And the things that cause this discomfort are really kind of silly. When my stomach starts growling only an hour after breakfast, for example, both faiths remind me… Continue reading What Judaism and Christianity teach me about perseverance
