LEADER 02685nam 22006614a 450 001 9910958687003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610350704 010 $a9781280350702 010 $a1280350709 010 $a9780470244982 010 $a0470244984 010 $a9780787958534 010 $a0787958530 035 $a(CKB)111004366778218 035 $a(EBL)117435 035 $a(OCoLC)70746917 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173192 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201968 035 $a(PQKB)11351464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC117435 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL117435 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10001704 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL35070 035 $a(Perlego)2765465 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366778218 100 $a20000824d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOur lives as Torah $efinding God in our own stories /$fCarol Ochs ; foreword by Lawrence Kushner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cJossey-Bass$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) 311 0 $a9780787944735 311 0 $a0787944734 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index. 327 $aSearching 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. 330 $aIn 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 st 606 $aSpiritual life$xJudaism 606 $aJewish way of life 606 $aJewish way of life$vAnecdotes 615 0$aSpiritual life$xJudaism. 615 0$aJewish way of life. 615 0$aJewish way of life 676 $a296.7 700 $aOchs$b Carol$01814971 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958687003321 996 $aOur lives as Torah$94369239 997 $aUNINA