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Leynor and Myers on Living Life as a Human


We, Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and former pastor Jim Myers, have learned a lot about living life over the past thirty-years as congregation leaders in a synagogue and church, chaplains of law enforcement agencies, teachers and counselors. We have experienced the happiest moments in life – marriages, births, victories, successes -- and the saddest and most feared moments – deaths, divorces, tragedies, failures. We have been there when babies were born into or adults decided to convert to our religions -- and when people decided to leave them too.

The more people know about what it means to be a human, the better they are at planning and coping with life experiences. We created the TOV Center as a way to accomplish our goals. It is an educational nonprofit corporation. Our information comes from our religions, science and personal experiences. Our religions are great sources of ancient wisdom, morals and values. New scientific discoveries reveal the roles genes and memes play in creating the realities that affect human behavior. Personal experiences have made it very clear there is always the possibility of the unexpected in life, especially when unintended consequences of human actions arise.

If you have been part of our journey in the past,
we hope you will join with us in the TOV Center’s new venture.

Visit the TOV Center website and you will find options for connecting with us so you will be aware of upcoming local and online events. Two great options are by “Liking” our Facebook Page and Following us on Twitter. Links to both are on the TOV Center website. Join with us as we explore options for living life as a human that maximize the human experience.


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