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Irwin Keller

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Sonoma County, Ca
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Rabbi, Teacher, writer, hope-monger

Sonoma County, CA * (415) 779-4914 * Irwin@irwinkeller.com

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A Theology of COVID Times

May 9, 2020 Irwin Keller

Where is God in all of this? The answer is, maybe, everywhere. And why isn’t God intervening? Of course God is intervening. In fact we are doing so every day.

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In COVID Journal, Theology
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Isolation, AIDS Flashbacks, & Divine Embrace

May 2, 2020 Irwin Keller
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There are pieces of this isolation I want to remember and bring with me when we are finally able to move freely about the cabin. But I also know that this isolation, no matter how pleasant parts of it may be, is something we will all need to reckon with over time. Because there is injury in going so long not touching and not being touched! Noticing and having to ignore the skin’s desire to feel skin, our bones’ desire to be pressed in an embrace.

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In COVID Journal, Love & Loss
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Through the Lattice

April 24, 2020 Irwin Keller
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The doe sauntered away, leaving me wondering how we got here. Our glorious, sorry species. How did we end up living this way? So far removed from the rest of Creation that is just outside our door? How did we end up seeing this Earth so imperfectly, as if through carnival glass?

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You've Got Mail

April 10, 2020 Irwin Keller
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Talmud says a dream uninterpreted is like a letter left unread. What does this if-only-it-were-a-dream time have to say to us?

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In COVID Journal, Ah Sweet Mystery
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The Mood that Came to Dinner

April 3, 2020 Irwin Keller
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Anxiety has moved right into my house, camped out in my own living room! Leering at me with its purple face and lime green 1970s pants. And what do you do about an unwanted guest?

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In COVID Journal, Favorites
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