Speaking with Full Force and Vitality

I first met Marcia about 18 years ago.  She was leading Simchas Torah
at Pnai Or.  She was speaking about and with deep breaths.  She spoke
about the season of the birthing of the world.  Her style of speech
and the content of her speech were the same.  She spoke with full
force and vitality, and in metaphors I hadn't heard before.


I joined Pnai Or about a year later.  I am still amazed at the
freshness and vitality and the organic wholeness with which Marcia
views the world in which she actively lives, and her strong desire to
make that world visible and imminent to all.

She has a strong sense of who is in the room at any time.  She makes
sure all are included, backing up to fill in gaps for newcomers and at
the same time not losing those of us who have davenned with her and
have watched her exist over time.

One of her goals is to bring her sense of unity-in-all to the world.
I have participated in and listened to informal, sometimes spontaneous
teachings.  I have participated in Davenning Leading workshops, where
she takes us through a portion of the service.  We hear and feel where the
selected piece fits in to the service, what comes before and what comes after.
My teaching has improved from the awareness I have gained in these workshops.

I look forward to more.

Rich Heiberger