From Gratitude to Blessings and Back - Softcover

Price, Marilyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532617712 ISBN 13: 9781532617713

Publisher: Resource Publications, 2017

Synopsis

An exquisite combination of Judaism's common blessings, stories from everyday life, and tales and wisdom from Jewish tradition, this book is a source of inspiration and a cause for self-reflection. A resource of over fifty blessings in addition to thoughts about gratitude, this slim volume opens the door for readers to acknowledge the opportunities for thankfulness as they reflect on their personal history and their day-to-day lives. Seeing opportunities for blessings can lead the way to seeing the beauty in their lives. The authors, a storyteller and a scholar who are long-time friends, have brought their diverse skills, insights, and experiences to help people discover the blessings in their own lives and connect afresh to their religious paths. Every person's life is comprised of stories. Each story provides an opportunity for insight into the human condition, as well as a chance to think about the deeper meaning in our lives. Connecting our personal stories--our joys, troubles, and triumphs--to messages from the world's great religions can repair links that for some have long been broken. Many of the book's stories are warm, light, and humorous glimpses into treasured moments like the ones in the lives we all lead.

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About the Author

Marilyn A. Price is an international storyteller, puppeteer, educator, and author. A specialist in creativity training, she heads a not-for-profit foundation, TriBraining, Inc., which teaches how to reach multiple learners within formal and experiential venues. Her published works include books on puppetry, original stories, and a primer using puppets to teach the Hebrew alphabet. Of her many accomplishments she prizes her work as the puppeteer for the Chicago Public Library and the Mayor's Award for the Arts in her hometown of Evanston, Illinois. Rabbi David A. Teutsch is a longtime professor at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he served as president for a decade and then became director of its Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish ethics. The editor of the groundbreaking seven-volume Kol Haneshamah prayer book series and a three-volume Guide to Jewish Practice, he is the author of dozens of other books and articles as well as an internationally known lecturer and consultant.

Edition details

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1532617712
• ISBN 13: 9781532617713
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 88