Rabbi Barry H. Block serves Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, Arkansas. A Houston native and graduate of Amherst Col- lege, Rabbi Block was ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in 1991 after studying at its Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York campuses, and he received his DD, honoris causa, in 2016. A member of the CCAR Board of Trustees, Block has contributed to several previous CCAR Press publications, including “Unplanned Fatherhood” in The Sacred Encounter; “Mar- riage, Money, and Musar” in The Sacred Exchange; and “Welcoming Converts” in Navigating the Journey. With Dr. Alan Morinis, he co- authored “Mussar and the Development of Spiritual Practices” in A Life of Meaning: Embracing Reform Judaism’s Sacred Path, and he is a regular contributor to the CCAR Journal. Block currently serves as faculty dean at URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp, a role he held for twenty- one years at URJ Greene Family Camp. He is a past board chair of Planned Parenthood of South Texas. He is the proud father of Robert and Daniel.