The God Who Dwells in Doubt | SAPIR Journal
God is found not in the suspension of nature’s propensities, but in the intrusion of novelty and surprise in normally established patterns, in the abiding nature of hope and the transforming power of love, a power that is persuasive, not coercive.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit DHL Artson • God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology
We find God not only in holy or familiar places but also in the midst of a journey, alone at night.
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
“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)
is easy to find God in total seclusion and escape from responsibility. It is hard to find God in the office, in business, in farms and fields and factories and finance. But it is that challenge to which we are summoned: to create a space for God in the midst of this physical world that He created and seven times pronounced good.
Jonathan Sacks • Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible (Covenant & Conversation Book 8)
Faith is born not in the answer but in the question, not in harmony but in dissonance.
Jonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
But I realize that struggling with God is different from denying the existence of God. Our biblical ancestors were not atheists, and I think Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and Dennis Prager raise a fair point when they state that “atheists replace God with gods of their own choosing: humanity, art, reason, the state, secular ideologies, science, progress,
... See moreSarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
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
Our task as seeking, questing people, every day of our lives, is to live in the presence of God and to mediate that presence to the larger world. In the words of the psalmist (Psalm 16:8), “Shiviti HaShem la-negdi tamid,” we must set God before us always. The process is endless, the lure is great, and the moment is now.