Holy Ground by Craig Taubman

"Holy Ground" Lyrics

Craig Taubman

Verse:
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Everything, every one, every place, every way
Where you walk, where you stand, where you love, where you pray
All of life is holy ground

Verse:

Every he, every she, everyone, every who
It's in her, it's in them, it's in me, and it's in you
In the bitter, in the sweet, in the calm, in the storm
All of life is holy ground

Chorus:
So walk as if it's holy ground
Breathe as if it's all around
Talk and make a holy sound
Take your shoes off; you're on holy ground

Verse:
When you hurt, when you heal, when you laugh, when you pray
When you hold and when you keep, when you give it away
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
All of life is holy ground

Chorus:

So walk as if it's holy ground
Breathe as if it's all around
Talk and make a holy sound
Take your shoes off; you're on holy ground

Bridge:
We are one journey, one story, one tapestry we weave
One people, one glory, one legacy we leave

Verse:
Every second, every minute, every hour, every day
Everything, every one, every place, every way
Where you walk, where you stand, where you love and where you pray
All of life is holy ground
Can you feel the holy ground
Take your shoes off you're on holy ground

Thoughts After 5-2-17 Torah Study at Temple Shalom

I really like going to Torah studies.  One reason is that Jewish learning involves discussion.  It is just so fun!  It is just so much more interesting than listening to a speaker.  The interaction involved in Jewish study seems to be almost addicting!  I love it.

Yesterdays Torah study at Temple Shalom was wonderful since there was just so much discussion, questioning, and sharing.  What also made it extra special was that my dad and daughter Annabelle were there.  We sat together side by side and learned together.  Someone suggested that we take a "selfie" of us studying together and I'm sorry we didn't do that.

Rabbi Glazer talked about how passing Jewish tradition and teachings from generation to generation is so important   We all realized that as we studied together!

We talked how Moses had been told by God that Joshua would now lead the Jewish people.  We talked about how leadership in many instances is passed on to the next generation or from an older leader to a younger leader.  We talked about how leaders become strong and courageious as they learn under leaders.  I shared about my favorite movie Prince of Egypt, and how I saw that in that wonderful cartoon movie.

We also talked about how Jewish people seem to feel like family even when they are strangers!  We talked about how our children became to love Jewish tradition even when they were pre-schoolers. We talked about how even secular Jews and those with no religious education seem to keep that "Jewish spark" inside of them and eventually want to learn about their heritage and religion.

I left in such a great mood and I also realized that there is truly no place like "home."

Family Passover Seder 4-16-17

We decided to do a seder together during the afternoon on Sunday, April 16 (which is also Rebekah's birthday) since we weren't together as a family because my dad and I were in Sun Valley for the first or second nights of Passover.



(My dad and I did attend a wonderful seder in Sun Valley with the Wood River Jewish Community  in Sun Valley though and Dan, Rebekah, and Annabelle also had a seder together on the first night of Passover.)

What made it extra special was that my son Joel is home for five weeks after touring Europe with Disney On Ice Frozen. Later in the afternoon, we went bike riding and took a walk. It was such a special day!

I helped a little dog get home today - Wednesday, 3-22-17

Today, 3-22-17, I was riding my bike with my dog Duchess and then I saw a lost little dog.

I was able to look at the little dog's ID tag and called the owner who was at a meeting at work. She gave me her address.

I made friends with the little dog, who the owner told me was named Oscar. Oscar followed me and Duchess on my bike towards his home address.

When I got to the Oscar's house, I safely got the dog inside his backyard to greet the other family dog.

Oscar was a little Yorkie I think and very friendly and he sure liked to pee! It was funny seeing him lift his leg at every opportunity...since Duchess is a girl, I forgot about the lifting leg thing that male dogs do....

 If I had not gone riding this morning, that poor little dog may have never returned home. He looked so scared when he was lost, but then looked so happy when I made friends with him!

A friend of mine says that "it is no coincidence" that I was out riding my bike with Duchess at the same time this little dog was lost and frightened...

Mi Shebeirach - Jewish Healing Prayer

I've always loved this song and prayer. I played it constantly in the hospital when my husband Dan was "near death" after his horrible accident in 2005.

 

Field Trip to Mosque In Israel! 3-14-17

The boarding school in Israel that my daughter Annabelle is at right now, took a field trip to a mosque on Tuesday, March 14, 2017!

Nancy Linder's Music Is Awesome!

Nancy Linder is a Cantorial Soloist at Temple Beth David in Westminster, California. She came to Temple Israel to entertain the congregation after the Shabbat Fellowship Luncheon on Saturday, March 4, 2017. She sang mostly songs from Broadway musicals on that day, but afterwards she had her CDs on sale, and I bought three of her CDs!

I've been listening to all of the CDs since I've returned to Colorado, and I have come to the conclusion that she sings all the Hebrew and Shabbat songs I love AND she also sings songs from musicals.  How awesome is that!?!?

On her Songs for Shabbat and Broadway Melodies albums, she sings one of my favorite songs, There Can Be Miracles When You Believe.  That song has special significance for me since it is the song I played over and over again in the hospital after my husband's horrible accident in 2005.  I truly believed there could be a miracle and that he would live, and he did!

Anyway, thank you, Nancy Linder, for your wonderful music!

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