Written when confronted with the death of his own son, Rabbi Kushner's book looks to solace those people who have been "hurt by life" and who want to achieve and understanding of why they were hurt and how to proceed with living and with loving God.
Harold Kushner ("When Bad Things Happen to Good People") offers a new book that shows how to overcome the common difficulties of life by turning usefully to the life of Moses. Rabbi Kushner explains how to weather the disillusionment of dreams unfulfilled, the pain of being fired, and other disappointments in life.
The author, a Rabbi, contends that religious commitment can be accessible and attractive to everyone, regardless of how they live or what their religious convictions are. He does not attempt to "prove" God's existence, nor does he make a case for any particular religious group, instead he writes simply and gracefully about the need to make sense ...
Rabbi Kushner talks about the ways in which we make our lives meaningful, from how we view ourselves, to whom we love, to our relationship with the world and with God.
From the author of the bestselling "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" and "Living a Life That Matters" comes a new book of practical spirituality, inspiration, and encouragement gleaned from what may be the best-loved chapter in the Bible: the Twenty-third Psalm.
"There is no Answer but there are answers..." Rabbi Kushner's previous bestseller brought comfort to millions by helping them cope with life's shattering tragedies. Now he applies his compassionate mind to another kind of problem, one more delicate that that of sudden tradgedy, but just as dangerous - the felling that life is utterly meaningless. ...
Who made God? Can God hear my prayers? Why does God let people die? The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People helps parents understand their children's fears and fantasies, and offers advice on answering their questions about religion, the Bible, illness, and bereavement.
This inspiring guide to coping with the loss of a child combines the author's own story with the experiences and wisdom of others who have gone through this tragedy.
This compelling narrative of a woman's near-fatal deliberate overdose following the death of her husband provides an emotionally honest road map for using therapy to treat depression and restore hope. Honest, jargon-free, and written from a patient's perspective, this work explores a range of issues underlying depression, including child abuse, ...
Rabbi Kushner talks about the ways in which we make our lives meaningful, from how we view ourselves, to whom we love, to our relationship with the world and with God.
Kushner helps people fight the disease of boredom, meaninglessness and purposelessness by going beyond the definition of self-help and offering an inspiring, comforting, and spiritually nourishing message. "A useful spiritual survival manual".--Washington Post.
Who made God? Can God hear my prayers? Why does God let people die? The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People helps parents understand their children's fears and fantasies, and offers advice on answering their questions about religion, the Bible, illness, and bereavement.
Without sermonising or assigning an easy explanation to a mysterious drama, the author gives an overview of Italian-Jewish history, a description of war-torn Italy, and a dramatic account of the process of self-understanding in the face of death itself.
Kushner helps people fight the disease of boredom, meaninglessness and purposelessness by going beyond the definition of self-help and offering an inspiring, comforting, and spiritually nourishing message. "A useful spiritual survival manual".--Washington Post.
The Practice of Kindness is a compilation of heartwarming and inspiring meditations, affirmations, and true stories collected from the growing number of "kindness experts" in the world, including Princess Diana, Sogyal Rinpoche, Billy Graham, and a once-homeless millionaire in Los Angeles whose life was transformed by an anonymous kindness. A ...
This classic account of the origins and development of the Jewish holidays provides a fascinating and useful guide to the rituals, customs, and ceremonies practiced by Jews throughout history in all parts of the world. It offers a rich portrait of the diversity and depth of Jewish observance.
Rabbi Kushner talks about the ways in which we make our lives meaningful, from how we view ourselves, to whom we love, to our relationship with the world and with God.
Nasir-i Khusraw was a leading Ismaili poet and theologian-philosopher of the Fatimid period whose writings have had a major formative influence on the Ismaili communities of Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The bulk of his surviving work was produced in exile in a remote mountainous region of Badakhshan where he sought refuge from persecution ...
Shira Putter was five and a half years old when she and her parents discovered that she had a rare form of diabetes -- one that could not be treated easily as normal diabetes could. With great courage, Shira spends the next three and a half years of her short life trying to be a normal child, even though she is hospitalized repeatedly and has to ...
From the bestselling author of "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" comes an illuminating look at fear--and specific steps one can do to overcome it.
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After the Death of a Child: Living with Loss Through the Years
