Our congregation is blessed with knowledgeable and committed members who regularly offer inspiring words from our bimah.

Congregants’ Words from the Bimah

On Being Too Generous – Dorian Stuber, March 24, 2017
D’var Torah – April 6, 2018 – Annabelle Imber Tuck
Exploring Connectedness Through Noah– Meg Marion
D’var Torah – January 19, 2018 – Cheryl Streiff
Trudy Jacobson
Charles Kokes
Shelly Baron
Bo Drash by Carmen Arick
My Personal Journey as a Student of Mussar – by Annabelle Imber Tuck
Annabelle Imber Tuck “Why I Decided To Speak Out On The Death Penalty” 
D’var Torah:  Will Belvin, Meg Marion, and Andrea Neloms  Shelach L’cha
Pride Shabbat: From Us to Them with Love, written by Meg Goldenberg Marion and delivered with Tim Kessler
D’var Torah: There’s No Place Like Home: Fixing up My Promised Land from the Inside/Out, by Tim Kessler
Emily Lewis’s D’rash for Shabbat Korach—June 11, 2021
Reimagining the Promised Land…as Temple President during a Pandemic by Amanda Ferguson and Meg Marion – July 23, 2021
D’var Torah – Eikev – July 30, 2021 by Annabelle Imber Tuck
D’var Torah – September 3, 2021 by Tim Kessler
Torah Poetry from Atzeret-Simchat Torah Eve 5782, September 27, 2021
D’var Torah – October 15, 2021 by Emily Lewis
D’var Torah – April 8, 2022 by Annabelle Imber Tuck
D’var Torah – May 6, 2022 by Lilah Goldman
D’var Torah – June 13, 2025 by Meg Marion with Jonah Marion
D’var Torah – Chukat – July 4, 2025 by Lee Razer
D’var Torah – Double Chai, Double Standards, and Daughters Who Don’t Settle – July 18, 2025 by Meg Goldenberg Marion
D’var Torah – Va’etchanan – August 8, 2025 by Lee Razer
D’var Torah – Lech Lecha – October 31, 2025 by Lee Razer
D’var Torah – Tol’dot – When the Terrorists are Jewish – November 21, 2025 by Daniel Block
D’var Torah – Vayishlach – December 5, 2025 by Valerie Klein, Community Manager Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life
D’var Torah – August 7, 2026 “Sacred Torah, Sacred Places, and Sacred Animals: Paths to the Shekinah” by Phillip Spivey
D’var Torah – Shoftim – August 15, 2026 “Persuing Justice for the World’s Poorest People,” by Daniel Block, Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism

“My Jewish Journey Series” held on Yom Kippur

My Jewish Journey – Angie Boury
My Jewish Journey – Rich Lewis
My Jewish Journey – Scot Goldsholl
My Jewish Journey – Perry Young, 
My Jewish Journey – Alex Daniel