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Category Archives: Personal
Step Three Of The Twelve Steps
I decide to turn my life and my will over to God. Step One Step Two Step Four This has been one of my blocks to taking 12-steps seriously. Turning your life over to God? That sounds Christian. Oy vey! … Continue reading
Charles Manson At Starbucks
Wednesday afternoon, I’m waiting for the bathroom at the Starbucks on Pico and Robertson. A homeless guy walks in. He looks like Charles Manson. His gym bag, however, looks relatively neat and organized and I feel like starting up a … Continue reading
She Was Little
She was little, less than 5 feet tall. I’ve always preferred my girlfriends little because they put up less resistance and they’re more aerodynamic when I strap them to the top of the van for long trips. It was the … Continue reading
Would she let me do this if she thought I was a serial killer?
Step Two Of The Twelve Steps
I accept that a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity. Step One Step Three Step Four When I was an atheist (from age 18-22), I had bosses in landscaping who were pentacostals. They thought I acted like … Continue reading
Step One Of The Twelve Steps
I admitted that my life had become unmanageable. Step Two Step Three Step Four This took me many years to admit. Though I was rarely thrilled with my life, it never occurred to me to 12-step because I thought that … Continue reading
‘Sorry, Luke’
I think it was the summer before 11th grade. I was riding in the backseat of a car to Pacific Union College from Lake Berryessa in the Napa Valley. I was with my former classmates from the college’s elementary school … Continue reading
What’s Chaste?
A few years ago, this girl had said to him late one drunken night, “What does ‘chaste’ mean?” Now she was hosting friends south of Cadillac in 90035 with her fiance. They were shomer-shabbat. As he headed south into a … Continue reading
The F-Word In Shul
I frequently hear the f-word and other profanity used in casual conversations at shul, the Shabbos table, and the most holy of Jewish occasions. I think Reform and Conservative Jews may be less likely to use profanity in shul than … Continue reading
Do You Believe In God?
I don’t remember a rabbi ever asking me if I believed in God or what I believed about God or, in fact, what I believed about anything religious. When I asked the editor of a Jewish newspaper if he believed … Continue reading