great thoughts from DC
Since I am moving to Washington in the summer (to teach at George Washington's law school for a year) I have been looking at the web pages of various synagogues in Washington, and in particular at various sermons.

I have been especially impressed by some of the thoughts of the rabbi at Tifereth Israel, a Conservative shul on upper 16th St. near the DC/Md. border.

A couple of great lines:

focusing on the downside of having too many choices)"If this community had
> only one Jewish day school, somehow, we'd make do- we'd deal with it, and
> we'd probably even be thankful. But since there are a number of choices out
> there, we focus on the weaknesses of each, and are bitterly dissatisfied
> with all of them."
>
> (encouraging more Shabbat observance) "Don't let Madonna get more out of
> Shabbat than you!"

And check out this d'var torah on risk-phobia.