convenings

"How do we keep a people as old as Moses innovating?" Insights for institutional religion from a gathering of spiritual innovators

"How do we keep a people as old as Moses innovating?" Insights for institutional religion from a gathering of spiritual innovators

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend a gathering of the Kenissa network, a group founded by Rabbi Sid Schwarz, that brings together leaders who are re-imagining Jewish life and fostering "communities of meaning." Kenissa supports and connects these leaders to help their efforts and emerging communities to thrive. The gathering was representative of a growing movement of faith-based innovators operating outside the bounds of traditional religious institutions and a model of three characteristics I believe our religious institutions must learn to adopt if they are to flourish in the current era and into the future.