But I want things messy and stirred up in the congregations, I want you to take to the streets.
In the wake of Katrina 50 families that were members of Beth Israel left New Orleans, and gave up membership in the congregation.
In March, she released "BANISHED: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church," an account of growing up in the Kansas-based congregation.
The action had no named respondents at the start, but one by one the squatters stood up from various positions in the congregation providing names and spellings (thus becoming liable for any damages sought further down the line) making 11 defendants by the end.
High up in the balcony, hidden from the congregation, the sound of the choir filled this vast dome, and the effect was spectacular.
Whatever the way in which you think of Torah coming to us, consider for a moment the act of putting ink on parchment to form the words of a scroll that will be lifted up in the midst of a congregation to choruses of "This is the Torah that Moses placed before Israel, according to God's word".
THE pastor of my church called last month and asked if I would be willing to get up in front of the congregation to discuss, as he put it, "my journey" to increased charitable giving.
He called on the faithful to avoid violence, and then he prayed: "Make Egypt the country of peace and stability, quiet and stability!" When he had finished, groups of men in the congregation stood up and shouted, "Allahu akbar!
He called on the faithful to avoid violence, and then he prayed: "Make Egypt the country of peace and stability, quiet and stability!" When he had finished, groups of men in the congregation stood up and shouted, "_Allahu akbar!
Everyone in the congregation wakes up safe and sound on Sunday morning.
