R’eih 5768 - Fishing, Mitzvot, and a Search For Consistency

When I was a kid, I use to fish.  My ninth grade science teacher taught me that the most important thing one can develop in fishing is consistency.  R'eih also wants us to be consistent...consistently good.  So why is it that the relationships we try to develop with other religious groups often goes in the wrong direction all too quickly?  It seems that every time an evangelical minister seems to make sense and relates to the Jewish community or does some good, inevitably there is a proverbial foot-in-mouth that follows.  After seeming to bring the country together and attempting to make some sense out of the 2008 election (which I spoke of this past weekend) Reverend Warren managed to demonstrate the limits of his understanding.  Sadly, I feel the need to remind Rev. Warren and all of us that consistency in our relationships in paramount to creating sacred connections. Rick Warren's Comments TIME - Rick Warren