I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not becoming a better person, being more charitable, more concerned with everyone else's pains. Sanctifying had something to do… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share
I knew what the sanctified life was not. Not a life filled with more rituals, more scrupulously observed. Not more praying. Not becoming a better person, being more charitable, more concerned with everyone else's pains. Sanctifying had something to do with a sense of constant wonder - feeling gratitude and finding significance everywhere, in every action, relationship and object. — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share
I always found myself more drawn to each religious milieu than I would have anticipated, but in time, a ghoulish threat of being absorbed… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share Image
Jews with unconventional identities should not have to wrestle alone at the intersection where their tradition seems to clash with their integrity as loving… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share Image
To make your spiritual yearning public, I thought, was to announce that you were wounded. To turn deeply into religion was to admit that… — Vanessa L Ochs Copy Share Image
