My Dogs are Mooing

To make up for my lack of recent posts, I've decided to share with you a sermon I wrote about gratitude.  My Youth Group students led a service the other night, and as part of it we read the story of Jacob and Esau. I was asked to say a few words about the story.  As a nice little companion, I also highly recommend watching "The Science of Happiness -- An Experiment in Gratitude" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg).  So, so, so worth it!  Anyways, let's pretend that I wrote this specifically as a new blog post and am not just kinda sorta cheating by pasting in this speech instead. Good evening, and Shabbat Shalom!   On behalf of the Youth Group I’d like to thank you all for coming this evening to worship with us.   We talk often of the importance of guiding our students through their religious journeys; your presence here tonight is a wonderful symbol of that community support. Tonight Rabbi Block took us through the well-known tale of Jacob and E