Lev Shomea: Jewish Spiritual Direction

Jewish Spiritual Direction

Jewish Spiritual Direction: An Innovative Guide from Traditional & Contemporary Sources

Jewish Spiritual Direction

Edited by Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison and Dr. Barbara Eve Breitman

The essential reference for people who are called to help others listen for God’s voice—not only through prayer and sacred texts, but also through dance, art and interactions with other people—this groundbreaking volume draws on both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of spiritual direction to provide invaluable guidance.

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Show Me Your Way: The Complete Guide to Exploring Interfaith Spiritual Direction

By Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison

This fascinating introduction to an ancient spiritual practice is for all of us who are searching for fresh spiritual insight. People of all faiths—and even those with no particular religious involvement—are discovering spiritual direction.

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Enneagram and Kabbalah: Reading Your Soul

By Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison

Patterns in our lives may escape us; reasons for our behavior often confuse us. To help us better understand the interplay of these dynamics, Rabbi Howard A. Addison combines two of the most powerful maps of consciousness known to humanity from the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah, and the nine-pointed Enneagram.

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Cast in God’s Image

Cast in God's Image

By Rabbi Howard Avruhm Addison

Discover your personality type using the Enneagram and Kabbalah Who am I? What are the sacred tasks that are uniquely mine?

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The Lived Experience of Group Spiritual Direction

The Lived Experience of Group Spiritual Direction

by Rose Mary Dougherty, S.S.N.D. including an article by Ann Kline

In The Lived Experience of Group Spiritual Direction, Rose Mary Dougherty brings together first-hand reports by twenty-two people who tell their experiences as facilitators or participants in small groups of pray-ers.

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Tending the Holy: Spiritual Direction Across Traditions

Jewish Spiritual Direction

Contains an essay by Rabbi Zari Weiss

“God is mystery,” writes Norvene Vest in the Introduction to Tending the Holy, “and every form of religion is an effort to respond faithfully to the mystery of God by whatever name. The Divine breaks through into human experience in many ways, and humans respond variously to the awesome experience of God.”

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Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional & Contemporary Sources

Contains an essay by Dr. Barbara Eve Breitman

Jewish Pastoral Care is the essential reference for rabbis, cantors, and laypeople who are called to spiritually accompany those encountering joy, sorrow, and change. This groundbreaking volume draws upon both Jewish tradition and the classical foundations of pastoral care to provide invaluable guidance.

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