Many Lamps, One Flame

Exploring faith through Torah, Gospel, and contemplative tradition.

The Many to the One

Many Lamps One Flame is a space for exploring the threads of wisdom that run through all spiritual and philosophical traditions. Sometimes that means diving into the Torah or Kabbalah, sometimes wandering through Hindu texts, Stoic philosophy, mystical poetry, or even modern psychology—wherever the search for meaning leads.

Posts arrive as inspiration strikes—reflections that challenge assumptions, connect ideas across cultures, and uncover the shared flame at the heart of our diverse lamps.

Whether you come from faith, philosophy, or simple curiosity, this is a place to sit with the questions, follow the sparks, and find new light in unexpected places.

The Roads We Walk

Each of us follows a road – some straight, some winding – shaped by culture, faith, and the questions we dare to ask.

Through Shadow and Light

Every journey passes through tunnels: dark seasons, doubts, and moments of searching. Each tunnel opens to new light.

Converging Trails

Though they may begin in distant lands, the roads of wisdom curve inward, crossing and joining as we seek truth together.​

Toward the Center

All true paths lead to the same heart: a single flame that has burned since the beginning, waiting to be discovered.

The Journey is Shared

Though we walk many roads, the destination is one. Here, we pause together – sharing what we’ve learned, lighting each other’s lamps, and walking toward the same bright flame.

Latest Reflections

  • The Measure You Use
    “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can… Read more: The Measure You Use
  • Parashat Tazria…Revisited
    Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she shall be impure seven days; she shall be impure as at the time of her condition of menstrual separation. … She shall remain in a state of blood purification for thirty-three days… Leviticus 12:2, 4 There is a moment that… Read more: Parashat Tazria…Revisited
  • Parashat Tazria
    Parashat Tazria opens in territory that makes most modern readers uncomfortable. Leviticus 12 addresses the impurity of a woman after childbirth. Leviticus 13 turns to skin afflictions: inflammations, rashes, shiny spots, discolorations. The priest examines, pronounces, sends away or admits. Most commentators treat it as a historical curiosity—a diagnostic manual for conditions that no longer… Read more: Parashat Tazria
  • The Light That Shines Upon Itself
    Every tradition has a name for the force that opposes the divine. It has many names, actually—and the sheer proliferation of them is itself the first clue that something more complex than a simple monster is being described. The adversary appears as a courtroom officer, a cosmic rebel, a serpent, a tempter, a dragon. He… Read more: The Light That Shines Upon Itself
  • Anxiety and the Kingdom
    “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor… Read more: Anxiety and the Kingdom
  • Counting the Omer
    Most people who have heard of the Omer think of it as a countdown. Forty-nine days between Passover and Shavuot, ticked off one by one until the calendar moves on. That framing is not wrong, exactly—but it misses almost everything that matters. A countdown measures distance to an event. What the Omer measures is something… Read more: Counting the Omer
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