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Wedding Wonders
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
One of my greatest joys in my role as an interfaith minister, is officiating at weddings. Although I have lost count, I estimate that I have married over 300 couples since being ordained in 1999. Mixed gender and same sex couples have walked down the aisle toward the altar and together, we have sealed the…
Light Bypass
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
My friend, author, therapist and philosopher Jeff Brown has a bunch of wisdom to offer; born of both pain and pleasure. He spins out word fusions and mental meanderings like only few I have ever seen. Today was no exception. He posed a train of thought on his Facebook page and invited folks to jump on board: “While…
Love is More Than Skin Deep
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
A video gone viral brings me to tears every time I have watched it. It was produced by Love Has No Labels and opens by showing two skeletons kissing behind a screen. Thus begins a love-fest which evidences that the societally imposed separation based on gender, age, religion, ability, family form or national origin is an artificial construct. Beneath the…
Invulnerable and Invincible?
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Yesterday, in the midst of a radio interview with Kerri Kannan, I was asked a question about vulnerability. It is a topic that has become as familiar as the fingers typing these words. I was awakened to it when viewing a TEDTalk by Brene’ Brown a year or so ago. It doesn’t come easily…
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