Making Prayer Real (Paperback)

Rabbi Mike Comins

ISBN 10: 1580234178 / ISBN 13: 9781580234177

Editore: Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, 2010

Paperback. More and more Jews are seeking religious meaning in their livesin nature, in study groups, in community events and service projects anywhere - as long as it's not in a synagogue. MAKING PRAYER REAL is a no-holds-barred look at why so many find synagogue sanctuary, at best, difficult and, at worst, meaningless and boring - and how to make them more satisfying.Putting prayer before prayerbook, MAKING PRAYER REAL offers a new and different response to the challenges of Jewish prayer. Drawing from over thirty interviews with Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations, as well as their best prayer practices, it entices and inspires the reader to become a prayer person, one who engages in prayer to play the heart-strings of the soul.Original essays from Jewish spiritual leaders address the efficacy of prayer: how prayer changes us and how to discern a response from God.Author, Rabbi Mike Comins, then guides the reader in cultivating their own personal prayer voice through innovative and traditional practices, relating prayer to the needs of conscious living: nurturing joy, increasing mindfulness, facilitating self-change, celebrating milestones, dealing with tragedy and responding to loss. Join Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the challenges of prayer, what it means to pray, discerning a response from God, developing your personal prayer voice and rediscovering God's presence in the prayer book. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781580234177

Riassunto:

Fresh, Useful Perspectives on the Spiritual Dynamics of Prayer

"Better music, better sermons and better prayer books can only go so far. Many innovations have been tried around the world, and no doubt, synagogue leadership will continue to think creatively about improving services. But deep and lasting change will only come when each of us takes ownership and responsibility for what only we can really guide—our inner lives."
—from the Preface

Join over fifty Jewish spiritual leaders from all denominations in a candid conversation about the why and how of prayer: how prayer changes us and how to discern a response from God. In this fascinating forum, they share the challenges of prayer, what it means to pray, how to develop your own personal prayer voice and how to rediscover meaning and God's presence in the traditional Jewish prayer book.

CONTRIBUTORS:
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson • Rabbi Aryeh Ben David • Rabbi Anne Brener, LCSW • Rabbi Sharon Brous • Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum • Rabbi Mike Comins • Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD • Rabbi Lavey Derby • Cantor Ellen Dreskin • Rabbi Diane Elliot • Reb Mimi Feigelson • Rabbi Tirzah Firestone • Rabbi Nancy Flam • Rabbi Karen Fox, DD • Dr. Tamar Frankiel • Rabbi Ethan Franzel • Rabbi Elyse Frishman • Rabbi Laura Geller • Rabbi Neil Gillman, PhD • Rabbi Shefa Gold • Rabbi Elyse Goldstein • Joel Lurie Grishaver • Rabbi Nadya Gross • Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD • Melila Hellner-Eshed, PhD • Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD • Rabbi David Ingber • Rabbi Zoë Klein • Rabbi Myriam Klotz • Rabbi Jamie Korngold • Rabbi Lawrence Kushner • Rabbi Naomi Levy • Rabbi Richard N. Levy, DD • Rabbi Sheryl Lewart • Jay Michaelson • Rabbi Linda Motzkin • Rabbi Debra Orenstein • Rabbi Nehemia Polen, PhD • Rabbi Marcia Prager • Rabbi Jeff Roth • Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi • Rabbi Rami Shapiro • Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater • Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz • Rabbi Ira Stone • Rabbi Michael Strassfeld • Dr. Linda Thal • Rabbi Abraham Twerski, MD • Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg • Rabbi Zari M. Weiss • Rabbi David J. Wolpe • Rabbi Shawn Zevit

Informazioni sull?autore: Mike Comins is the founder of TorahTrek Spiritual Wilderness Adventures. The first director of education at Kol Haneshama in Jerusalem, Rabbi Comins is an Israeli desert guide and serves the Jackson Hole Chaverim in Wyoming.

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Titolo: Making Prayer Real (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new