The message of the ancient Jewish Sages is straightforward: regardless of your own master story, bring holiness to earth, not by what you believe, but rather how you behave.
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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3/16/24
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I was focused on being efficient and effective, even spurning Snow’s attempts to get my attention, his paw repeatedly patting my face. Until. An invitation to the unknown blew my way.
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3/9/24
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As I sat in my ‘soup’ this week and wondered those proverbial whys? and when will it end? kind of questions, Ancient Greece paid a visit.
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3/2/24
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If you have ever wondered if it's "too late" to start, or try, or do something you've always wanted to do, take heart from my friend who continues to inspire me today.
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2/24/24
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Sherwin: "It really is a model to emulate in life: we really must learn to see either/or scenarios in terms of both/and."
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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2/24/24
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This weekend I’m diving right into the nuts and bolts of the 12-Rectangle Solution. It’s like a workshop in one page, so get ready to get hands-on and creative!
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2/17/24
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How was this possible?! For years I had longed for this moment: sitting at a café table with a cup of chocolat chaud in the middle of an obscure 12th century village in Provence, France, writing… and all I wanted was to go back home.
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2/10/24
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Our good-enough year can be great, and our well-loved options can become promises of something better... at least according to Milo and Snow.
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2/4/24
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We have hearts and minds that dream and wonder 'what-if' for a reason. We are wired for the 'more' we long for. So... what if we could find a way to make room for the fire?
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1/27/24
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"The most meaningful word in the Torah is Sh’ma, which means " Listen! " Listening with our ears is important, but listening with our hearts is critically significant when no words are said." Inspiration on a Sunday morning from Rabbi Rick Sherwin.
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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1/27/24
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May your day be filled with warmth, joy, and love as you celebrate this day with family and friends. May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, happiness, and hope.
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
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12/24/23
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Caring Hands of Apopka has been feeding the needy full traditional meals every Thanksgiving for a decade at 22 Michael Gladden Boulevard in Apopka.
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By Dr. Phyllis Olmstead
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11/21/23
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Apopka Police Officer Adsudalah Brooks and Recruit Officer Laura Crespo responded to a 911 hang-up call, but while en route, updated to a female giving birth at home.
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
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10/31/23
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Partisanship polarization rears its destructive head when people – especially politicians – see leadership as a football game.
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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10/8/23
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Ukraine’s battle against its Russian invaders reaches far and wide into the hearts and minds of Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike. But it also reaches even into Apopka.
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By Jake Bell, Interning Correspondent for The Apopka Voice
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9/4/23
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Partisanship polarization casts its growth-denying shadow when people – especially politicians – see leadership as a football game wherein the winner takes all, even in a game won by a single point.
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By Rabbi Rick Sherwin
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8/12/23
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If I ask myself the following questions each day and answer them honestly, will it inspire me and help me to reach my God-given potential?
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The Christian Learning Academy in Apopka began with just three students in 2003 and has expanded to 250 students from Kindergarten through 12th Grades.
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From the Christian learning Academy
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7/23/23
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If you imagine that you are going to change to another person, you are in for a big disappointment. I mean, we have difficulty changing ourselves.
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By Charles Towne
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7/22/23
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I was following a dump truck around a series of hairpin curves when suddenly, and with no warning, a boulder, about the size of your car’s engine smashed into the roadway ahead of me.
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By Charles Towne
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7/15/23
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When I was just a kid back in Illinois on the Fox River, I had a nice little business going where I caught fish and sold them to the folks in my hometown.
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By Charles Towne
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7/8/23
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Now I want you to know that my dear mama (rest her soul) was an A1, champeen, certified, extra-ordinary, splendiferous cook!
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Not far downriver from our old homestead on the big island below Oswego, Illinois, perhaps 75 yards from shore, is my rock.
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By Charles Towne
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6/25/23
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"Oh Charles, I am so ugly! How can you look at me like this?" As she said this, she touched her cheek as if indicating some sort of blemish
“Oh Nanny, you are …
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After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation became a federal holiday in 2021.
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By Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University
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6/13/23
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