David Lyon God of Me

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There is no easy prescription for how to know God, yet everyone can pursue a personal relationship with God, just as our patriarchs and matriarchs did in their lives. How we come to know God, however, is unique to each of us, influenced by our study of Torah, the insights of the Rabbis of antiquity, as well as our own experiences throughout our lifetime. To open the way for you to find God's presence in your life, Rabbi David Lyon uses the central prayer in Jewish worship, the Amidah, as a starting point, and guides you through familiar and classic Torah texts and related rabbinic midrash. He follows the progression of your understanding of and relationship with God, from the earliest ideas of a bearded Diety on a heavenly throne to the mature image of God as a spiritual companion and source of comfort. He helps you cut through any preconceived ideas of God you imagined in your childhood and any dogmas that have stifled your creativity when thinking about your personal relationship with God. He shows you that you can enjoy a unique relationship with God the God of you.