Transparency

Rabbi Andy Bachman has posted a recent sermon on the "transparent synagogue" on his blog, www.andybachman.com. The post was on October 8. You'll see the link to the left.

I think he and Dan are onto something here. Whether a building acts as a wall or a window depends, not on its architecture, but on the transparency of the community inside. The problem, of course, is not the buildings, and it will not be corrected by constructing big glass foyers. The problem is that the communities inside the buildings have allowed themselves to become opaque.

I plan to do some serious reflecting on this quality of transparency, what it means and how it is to be lived. Any thoughts out there?