In the wonderful world of social networking, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, or via this blog, the connections made between people who might never ordinarily meet can be deeply enriching. While, like so many things connected to new technology, there is the ‘dark side’, on the whole I have found it to be a great blessing to both reach out and be reached by the world of connections facilitated by these still relatively new technologies. In truth, there’s a spiritual quality to the possibilities for me – I have made some very special connections with people over sharing thoughts about faith, poetry, and life experiences.
This is all in preamble to today’s blog offering, which is a re-posting from a sweet and spiritual blog, http://staceyzrobinson.blogspot.com/ – a blogger based in Skokie, IL. Stacey shared a poem for Shabbat a little while back on her blog. We connected via twitter and, exploring her blog, I found some wonderful, down-to-earth heart-felt observations and sharing about life, and a sense of the spiritual in the everyday. That’s my kind of blog. I look forward to reading more in the coming months, and I hope you will too.
In the meantime, here is her poem for Shabbat. May we all be blessed with stepping across the threshold, into a peaceful Shabbat.
Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz
A poem for Shabbat by Stacey Robinson