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Lawrence Kushner, whose previous books have opened up new spiritual possibilities, now tells us stories in a new literary form.
Through his everyday encounters with family, friends, colleagues and strangers, Kushner takes us deeply into our lives, finding flashes of spiritual insight in the process. Such otherwise ordinary moments as fighting with his children, shopping for bargain basement clothes, or just watching a movie are revealed to be touchstones for the sacred.
This is a book where literature meets spirituality, where the sacred meets the ordinary, and, above all, where people of all faiths, all backgrounds can meet one another and themselves. Kushner ties together the stories of our lives into a roadmap showing how everything "ordinary" is supercharged with meaning-if we can just see it.
"Suppose there is something going on in the universe which is to ordinary, everyday reality as our unconscious is to our daily lives? Softly, but unmistakably guiding it. Most of the time, we are unaware of it. Yet, every now and then, on account of some 'fluke,' we are startled by the results of its presence. We realize we have been part of something with neither consciousness nor consent. Itis so sweet-and then it is gone. You say, 'But I don't believe in God.' And I ask, 'What makes you think it matters to God".
- from Invisible Lines of Connection
"These truly spiritual stories do something both more and different than instruct-they inspirit. Wonderful stories, from the best storyteller I know."
-David Mamet, playwright
"Entertaining and instructive....A deeply human book and at the same time a compendium of instructions for seeing religious epiphanies and revelations, the ultimate game of hide-and-seek."
-Thomas Moore, author of The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life
"Shows us new ways of seeing, of experiencing deeper meaning."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Wonderful....Although these are breathtakingly ordinary stories, readers will encounter the sacred in every one of them."
-Booklist
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Lawrence Kushner, whose previous books have opened up new spiritual possibilities, now tells us stories in a new literary form.
Through his everyday encounters with family, friends, colleagues and strangers, Kushner takes us deeply into our lives, finding flashes of spiritual insight in the process. Such otherwise ordinary moments as fighting with his children, shopping for bargain basement clothes, or just watching a movie are revealed to be ...