The God Who Dwells in Doubt | SAPIR Journal
God is in search of man. Some religions seek to escape from our all-too-mortal daily round of life to the eternal presence of God. Judaism, conversely, seeks to draw the Divine into the world. In a thousand little details of the holidays, the presence of the Divine is made manifest.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
“So thank Him every morning for the gift of life. Say the Shema twice daily for the gift of love. Join your voice to others in prayer so that His spirit may flow through you, giving you the strength and courage to change the world. When you can’t see Him, it is because you are looking in the wrong direction. When He seems absent, He is there behind
... See moreJonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
The introduction of God may be a little surprising, but Qohelet, though a skeptical empiricist, is no atheist.
Robert Alter • The Hebrew Bible
Does God communicate to us at all? Does God “speak” to us through nature? Did God give us a Book to guide us? Are the words in that Book God’s or ours? What is the relationship between the Book we now possess and the content God wants us to possess? Does God speak to us now? Is God’s communication limited to the Book, or are there other venues as w
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