SAGE Sweethearts share a tender moment at a gay pride event in Harlem that doubles as a public health fair organized by Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE). More

Deborah Kaufman Deborah Kaufman shares a tender moment with her mother, Shirley Kaufman, whose “sumptuous library of English-language poetry books” (top) is now part of the Al-Quds University library in East Jerusalem. More

Deborah Kaufman Deborah Kaufman shares a tender moment with her mother, Shirley Kaufman, whose “sumptuous library of English-language poetry books” (top) is now part of the Al-Quds University library in East Jerusalem. More

Steve Taylor “Walking with my children has reminded me to stop and look,” the author writes. “I’ve realized the joys of ambling along, staring at the sky . . . taking in the reality of the moment.” More

Janice Fried ( janicefried.com ) “In the midst of our ordinary lives, we can at moments glimpse a reality deeper and more fundamental,” Judith Plaskow writes. Swimming Pool by Janice Fried. More

Olivia Wise ( oliviawisestudio.com ) Every month at the prison, the author writes, Rabbi Richter would lead Shabbat, “lighting the candles, bringing the feelings, sights, and sounds of our heritage into the space that was, for the moment, a sanctuary.” Shabbat in Prison by Olivia Wise. More

Far from being stuffy and bureaucratic, “Virtue is a kind of energy or exuberance,” while “God is that abundant, overflowing, ecstatic jouissance at the heart of us,” writes the author. Here singer Regina Spektor is caught in a moment of joy at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, 2007. More

National Domestic Workers Alliance “In the intimate space in which caregivers work, the ‘us vs. them’ model no longer serves,” Poo writes. “The moment when employers of domestic workers became our partners was a profound step.” Here, a domestic worker sits with her employer. More