The Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI) is a two-year program to support and encourage rabbis serving congregations or other new models of spiritual community in the areas of innovative thinking, change management and institutional transformation.
The acronym—CLI—reminds us that clergy are intended to be human vessels that create sacred communities in which Jews can find meaning and purpose (klei kodesh). More —>
Finding our way home: Creating sacred community in an age of spiritual hunger
Once a month, I have the rare privilege of leading the Shabbat morning service of my dreams.
Every month, 40 or so of us gather in a large circle in our sunny but intimate sanctuary at Darchei Noam, an independent, post-denominational congregation in Ambler, Pa. Some wear tallitot, others do not; some are dressed in suits, others in activewear. Ages range from people in their 20s to octogenarians. Jews in all hues, from diverse backgrounds, gather in sacred companionship to dwell in the delicious energy of Shabbos morning.
