Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Introduction by Norman Lear
What is spirituality anyway? Isn’t
spirituality about emotion?
And isn’t work about the
rational mind?
“Too often, we divorce our
‘work life’ from our ‘real life,’ from
our innermost beliefs and convictions. But ‘work’
can be as much a part of our life—and as much a vehicle
for spiritual growth and personal understanding—as
going to synagogue or church on Saturday or Sunday or taking a
walk in the woods or reading quietly to our kids at bedtime. In
fact work may be among the most potent vehicles for fulfilling
our spiritual life because, for many of us, it presents the
best opportunities to meld community and social and economic
productivity with personal belief and individual
talent.”
— from the Introduction by Norman Lear
Being God’s Partner will help people of every faith reconcile
the cares of their work and the strivings of their
souls—and restore the hidden link between them.
By exploding our assumptions that work and
spirituality are irreconcilable, Salkin explores how
spirituality can enhance our 9-to-5 lives. “It is time to
be as rich internally as we are externally,” he writes,
offering soul-stirring ways to “smuggle religion”
into our workplace.
Thought-provoking, practical and
exhilarating, Being God’s
Partner goes beyond just
talking about the subject to give you specific actions to take
and connections to make—right now—to help infuse
our lives with greater meaning, purpose and
satisfaction—and invigorate all that we do.
“Offers specific, concrete ways to
invite the spirit back into our work.... An exemplary blend of
traditional religion and contemporary life.”
— Thomas
Moore, author of Care of the Soul
“Will challenge not only Jews caught
up in the hustle and the hassle, the distractions and
desperations of the occupational world but everyone of whatever
denomination concerned about making sense out of life and
responding to the longings of the spirit within the
soul.”
— Fr.
Andrew M. Greeley, professor
of Social Science, University of Chicago
“An eloquent voice, bearing an
important and concrete message.... Engaging, easy to read and
hard to put down—and it will make a difference and change
people.”
— Jacob
Neusner, Distinguished
Research Professor of Religious Studies, University of South
Florida
