Possibility Trumps Inevitability: Parshat Vayera 2010 September 8
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Possibility Trumps Inevitability: Parshat Vayera 2010 September 8Entry/Object ID
rdi-2010.09.08Scope and Content
This Rosh Hashanah sermon explores the theme of always feeling like you're late. Sarah must have felt it was too late to have a baby. Parents feel like it's too late to be the parent they wanted to be. We often feel we have missed our moment—whether in relationships, parenthood, spiritual life, or the work of repairing the world. But Rosh Hashanah reminds us that it is never too late to begin again. Drawing on the idea that even God crumpled up the manuscript over and over again while making the world, the sermon embraces the inevitability of heartbreak and human limitation while insisting that possibility can overcome despair. Rabbi David's experience of becoming a father reveals illustrates the idea: we are always unprepared for the enormity of love and life, yet we are called to show up anyway.Category
Shabbat sermons