I knew they weren't alone, just from my own interactions with other people, and so I extended an invitation to the Jewish community of Rhode Island to join in a weekly mailing list exploring issues within their relationship with HaShem. Many of the messages posted on the list reflect people's personal struggles and sensitivities. Our goal is that the members of this list should draw strength and inspiration from the words of their peers, and thereby continue to develop as Jews. Certain frequent posters are out of town, b.
People are busy.
As such, I think I'll go back to an approach I had planned to use at the start - I'll post a source on the topic of drawing closer to HaShem and developing oneself on a spiritual level. All of them draw on Talmudic texts, sometimes via a non-literal reading. As far as thought, one may eventually change one's mind, but one cannot retract speech. A person's root may be recognized when one sees where he flees in a time of danger. If a person flees to Torah, it is known that his root is in Torah, even if his life does not appear thus.