Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar

Our Dance with God

Finding Prayer, Perspective and Meaning in the Stories of Our Lives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Learn to thrive in conflicting worlds-the rational, material craziness of life versus the soulfulness of our deepest selves-as the dolphin thrives in water and air. Shows how to synchronize our hearts with the world and live with joy, calm and purpose.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Lights
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781683362319
• ISBN-10: 1683362314
• Artikelnr.: 45374924

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar teaches matters of the spirit to groups throughout the U.S. She is senior rabbi at Congregation B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim in the Chicago area, and the inspiring author of The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness; Our Dance with God: Finding Prayer, Perspective and Meaning in the Stories of Our Lives and God Whispers: Stories of the Soul, Lessons of the Heart and contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor; Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef and All These Vows-Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . vii
Imagining the Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . ix
Prayer: The Language of the Spirit
The Iron Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 5
Navigating the Heavens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 14
Meditation on the Beach of Boca Raton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 21
And Then There Was Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 25
Mystery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 29
Communal Prayer: The Philosophy of the Minyan . . . . . . . . . 32
May the Words of My Mouth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 39
Perspective: The Language of Thought
Choice as a Spiritual Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 49
Envision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 53
Memory: Life Retold or Unlearned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Reflection, Then Reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 64
Lingering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 69
Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 73
Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 79
Change for the Sake of Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Meaning
Searching for Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 93
Shema: Listening Is the Language of the Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Yisrael: Struggling with Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 107
Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad: All Is One . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Noticing the Invisible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 121
Passion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 126
Divine Discontent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 132
Mortality Demands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 136
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 141