Leiah BowdenFeb 39 minMaking the KetubahLeiah Bowden describes the breathless wait and sacred preparation to decorate a ketubah, or Jewish marriage contract.
Leiah BowdenNov 11, 20212 min Signs and Symbols, Wonders of the SoulWhen I first began creating what I am now calling my SoulJourney (because that's what they really record) Energy Portraits, I didn't...
Leiah BowdenJun 14, 20215 minWe Need Teenagers in PowerThis is a drash I wrote for services at Congregation Ner Shalom on June 11, 2021 to honor teenagers, whom I have long felt have been...
Leiah BowdenFeb 18, 20212 minWhat If There's a Test?I am on the final day of my weekly three-day grand-daughter duty. We are sitting at her sweet white desk and she is showing me the...
Leiah BowdenFeb 15, 20214 minAleinu as Hongiphoto credits: http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2013/08/maori-elders-explain-meaning-of-hongi.html and https://www.artofliving.org/us-en/grat...
Leiah BowdenFeb 15, 20213 minMaking Laws for This LandCreated as the February 12, 2021 drash, or sermon, for Congregation Ner Shalom. The image refers both to the idea of a hungry mob,...
Leiah BowdenDec 26, 20201 minDecember LightIt's THAT month. December brings the darkness into which we dash as one hungry tribe, bearing all the light we can find. May the light of...
Leiah BowdenDec 20, 20202 minCalling in the Angels - (Don't Bother, They're Here)You can listen to this here I’m here to call in the angels, to invite all of us to call in the angels. But what I really want to say is...
Leiah BowdenNov 7, 20204 minEmbrace and Deploy ELECTION “I voted. I voted for the rainbow. I voted for the cry of a loon. I voted for my grandfather’s bones that feed beetles now. I...
Leiah BowdenOct 31, 20202 minAnd So Be PatientIn tonight's insightful commentary during services at Congregation Ner Shalom I heard something I wanted to think more about, and I...
Leiah BowdenOct 27, 20203 minA Time to Claim Our PowerYou are here to build and to witness. To reflect and cast forth the Divine blueprint alive in you.
Leiah BowdenOct 19, 20204 minThe Gift of the DrumI am human. My birthright spans the cosmos and I can explore it at will.
Leiah BowdenAug 17, 20202 minJoy and Leaving the Harbor"It is never easy to relinquish the safe harbor.”
Leiah BowdenJul 22, 20203 minCherubHow absolutely astounding, she thought. Being an artist is confounding, and so lovely. Look what I’ve done, she thought,
Leiah BowdenJul 13, 20201 minAmidah Gift July 10, after chanting “'Peace Like a River”This peace you sing for is always around you, forms the core of your being.
Leiah BowdenJul 7, 20201 minAmidah Gift July 3: Find Me Alone Know that I am waiting for you as I always wait for you to be my empty vessel.
Leiah BowdenJul 2, 20203 minMy First AngelWe need to be unabashed about who we are. Or if you prefer, Who We are. Right now.
Leiah BowdenJun 26, 20202 minAnd Then Everything Changedthe ravaging of this creek I learned to love as I walked for my health and joy is what COVID has done, destroying what was.
Leiah BowdenJun 22, 20201 minOr So I Thought: Amidah Gift June 6This flow of words, breadcrumbs on a dark path have become a pattern of hopes under which I have placed the fabric of my days during this...
Leiah BowdenJun 20, 20201 minHoping for Breath: Amidah Gift June 19, 2020I pray for the holding open of the rock at the edge of hope. I pray for the light never to go out. I pray for my eyes never to close. I...