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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop a personal theology by examining our life stories, learning to recognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversation with Torah. Using timeless biblical texts as lenses to see the present, she helps us understand who we are and who God is for us by exploring the tightly interwoven basic elements of our lives - our love, suffering, work, bodies, prayer, community, and experiences of death." "In our quest for meaning, we seek answers to life's central questions: "Who am I?" "Why am I?" "Who is God and how do we relate to the holy?" The answers to these questions define our own personal convictions. While the theology we received from our tradition and Hebrew scriptures may give us the building blocks, the language, and even the questions to be addressed, it cannot provide the answers. Only we can create a belief system out of our life experiences, adding to what we received and reshaping it as we live our lives. All our stories, holidays, and practices are means to an end - our relationship and deepening intimacy with God." "Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation to Biblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of the ongoing story of the Jewish people - as Torah. This insight allows us to see these experiences as meaningful, not accidental, and opens us to recognizing God's power in and through all that happens to us. Rather than a collection of random events, our lives are part of the Jewish people's ongoing adventure. And armed with our personally shaped theology, we can face this adventure of living in the vanguard of history with awareness and confidence."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12010994.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop a personal theology by examining our life stories, learning to recognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversation with Torah. Using timeless biblical texts as lenses to see the present, she helps us understand who we are and who God is for us by exploring the tightly interwoven basic elements of our lives - our love, suffering, work, bodies, prayer, community, and experiences of death." "In our quest for meaning, we seek answers to life's central questions: "Who am I?" "Why am I?" "Who is God and how do we relate to the holy?" The answers to these questions define our own personal convictions. While the theology we received from our tradition and Hebrew scriptures may give us the building blocks, the language, and even the questions to be addressed, it cannot provide the answers. Only we can create a belief system out of our life experiences, adding to what we received and reshaping it as we live our lives. All our stories, holidays, and practices are means to an end - our relationship and deepening intimacy with God." "Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation to Biblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of the ongoing story of the Jewish people - as Torah. This insight allows us to see these experiences as meaningful, not accidental, and opens us to recognizing God's power in and through all that happens to us. Rather than a collection of random events, our lives are part of the Jewish people's ongoing adventure. And armed with our personally shaped theology, we can face this adventure of living in the vanguard of history with awareness and confidence."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.".
- catalog description "Searching for meaning -- Forming our story -- Committing to love -- Enduring suffering -- Undertaking our work -- Claiming our body -- Engaging in prayer -- Living in community -- Confronting death -- Encountering God.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 224 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0787944734 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Jossey-Bass,".
- catalog subject "296.7 21".
- catalog subject "BM723 .O36 2001".
- catalog subject "Jewish way of life Anecdotes.".
- catalog subject "Jewish way of life.".
- catalog subject "Spiritual life Judaism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Searching for meaning -- Forming our story -- Committing to love -- Enduring suffering -- Undertaking our work -- Claiming our body -- Engaging in prayer -- Living in community -- Confronting death -- Encountering God.".
- catalog title "Our lives as Torah : finding God in our own stories / Carol Ochs ; foreword by Lawrence Kushner.".
- catalog type "Anecdotes. fast".
- catalog type "text".