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Winner is on a different spiritual path than I am. We share a faith in Jesus Christ but how I get there is not the same as how she gets there. I knew this from reading Girl Meets God, which I read in seminary. I enjoy her candor in both books. She admits honestly that spirituality isn't automatic but takes work. In her words, I was reminded (which I needed to be) about how I claim my own spiritual practice. I'm not a Jewish convert. I'm not a Christian like Winner, but I do appreciate listening in on how other people attempt to explore their faith. It's not earth shattering, but it was what I needed.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
As detailed in her memoir Girl Meets God (which is amazing and a must-read, in the world according to me), she was an Orthodox Jew before converting to Christianity. In this book, she talks about 11 specific things Jews do that would possibly enrich Christian lives.
For example, she says that much of Judaism is an action--specific prayers, for instance, and rituals--and there tend not to be counterparts for that in Christianity.
So she compares and contrasts things like weddings and the Sabbath/Shabbat and mourning and even eating.
I think the mourning chapter was my favorite (I know, right?) but it's so fascinating and, I think, appropriate the way the Jewish faith deals with mourning. (It's broken up into specific segments--the first week is the one most people have heard of, where the bereaved sit shiva and don't leave the house. But then there's another month where each Shabbat, they get increasingly involved back in their lives (specifically getting more involved in synagogue again). And then there's the rest of the first year of mourning. There are specific prayers and rituals, and I think it's just a really meaningful thing that makes a lot of sense. Mourning isn't something that's done by the time the funeral's over.
For example, she says that much of Judaism is an action--specific prayers, for instance, and rituals--and there tend not to be counterparts for that in Christianity.
So she compares and contrasts things like weddings and the Sabbath/Shabbat and mourning and even eating.
I think the mourning chapter was my favorite (I know, right?) but it's so fascinating and, I think, appropriate the way the Jewish faith deals with mourning. (It's broken up into specific segments--the first week is the one most people have heard of, where the bereaved sit shiva and don't leave the house. But then there's another month where each Shabbat, they get increasingly involved back in their lives (specifically getting more involved in synagogue again). And then there's the rest of the first year of mourning. There are specific prayers and rituals, and I think it's just a really meaningful thing that makes a lot of sense. Mourning isn't something that's done by the time the funeral's over.