02548oam 22006014a 450 991077899950332120231218162421.01-280-35070-997866103507040-470-24498-40-7879-5853-0(CKB)111004366778218(EBL)117435(OCoLC)70746917(SSID)ssj0000216799(PQKBManifestationID)11173192(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216799(PQKBWorkID)10201968(PQKB)11351464(MiAaPQ)EBC117435(Au-PeEL)EBL117435(CaPaEBR)ebr10001704(CaONFJC)MIL35070(EXLCZ)9911100436677821820000824h20012001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOur lives as Torah finding God in our own stories /Carol Ochs ; foreword by Lawrence KushnerSan Francisco :Jossey-Bass,2001.©20011 online resource (xiv, 224 pages)0-7879-4473-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.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.In this powerful 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. Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation to Biblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of the ongoing stSpiritual lifeJudaismJewish way of lifeJewish way of lifeAnecdotesSpiritual lifeJudaism.Jewish way of life.Jewish way of life296.7Ochs Carol1584619MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778999503321Our lives as Torah3868543UNINA