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Finding God in the Garden: Backyard Reflections on Life, Love, and Compost - Hardcover

Brickner, Balfour

 
9780316248716: Finding God in the Garden: Backyard Reflections on Life, Love, and Compost
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316248711 ISBN 13: 9780316248716
Verlag: Little, Brown, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Grieving after the death of a beloved daughter, Rabbi Balfour Brickner struggled with his faith while preparing a flowerbed. One day the rabbi found himself writing down the thoughts that came to him as he turned the soil, and observing nature's abundant examples of order and renewal, miracles and beauty, Rabbi Brickner found his faith returning like a garden in spring.

Using the garden as a sanctuary and springboard, Rabbi Brickner considers the lessons to be learned from the tasks of caring for the land, the wonder of a garden in full bloom, and the connections between Biblical teachings and botanical life. FINDING GOD IN THE GARDEN is a passionate, witty, and provocative celebration of mature religious faith derived through nature, reason, and the joys of everyday work.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A well-known rabbi long associated with the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Rabbi Balfour Brickner is a dedicated political and social activist. He lives in New York City and tends to his garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Rezensionen

The rabbi of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue relates his gardening experiences, which helped him overcome the death of his daughter.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Drawing spiritual parallels to the garden is nothing new, but Brickner takes it a step further, using his garden as a platform to expound fairly heavy-handedly on theology and contemporary issues. Brickner, who has been a Reform rabbi for more than 45 years and gardens in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, self-admittedly came late to the passion of this particular hobby. The more I gardened, the more I began to learn about life, about what religion tries to teach and what faith tries to deepen, he writes. Here, he attempts to mesh his pleasure in gardening with his conviction that the laws of nature reflect the role of reason as a way to find and strengthen faith. Many of the gardening parallels deal with grief, loss and healing not surprising, as he shares that he is twice-divorced and lost his teenage daughter in a tragic accident. Brickner is at his best when extracting gentle parallels between gardening and the spiritual life; however, general-interest readers may find themselves bogged down when he expounds on weighty topics, free will, premarital sex, homosexuality, Christianity, prayer, physician-assisted death and miracles, rather than talking compost and peonies. The use of references imbedded in parentheses occasionally keeps the text from flowing smoothly. Those who love the natural world and enjoy digging deeper into Jewish theology in a logical, reasoned way will find much to ponder here; readers looking for a more intuitive book that blends gardening and faith may be a bit overwhelmed.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

As any gardener will attest, gardening is an act of faith. Digging a hole, plopping a plant into it, splashing on a little water, and leaving it to the elements; well, one only hopes it survives, let alone thrives. Perhaps the same can be said of man. How do the simple, ordinary, and natural tasks of creating and maintaining a garden relate to and inspire mankind in his journey through life? Are there lessons to be learned from the predictable and welcome reemergence of daffodils each spring? Can the tedious chore of weeding provide instruction for separating the necessary from the extraneous in our own lives? Brickner, a Reform rabbi for more than 45 years, contemplates the lessons learned in the garden--birth, death, reproduction, sexuality, patience, hope--and assigns each its spiritual counterpart as he examines the complexities of religious faith. Whether exploring the nature of miracles or the mystery of creation, Brickner, as both rabbi and gardener, provides counsel that is scholarly, eloquent, and eminently down-to-earth. Carol Haggas
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Verlag
Little, Brown
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316248711
ISBN 13 
9780316248716
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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