Tapping the experiences and wisdom of his career as a spiritual leader, Lawrence Kushner delights, surprises, challenges and inspires us. With his signature candor, wit and compassion, he helps us reconnect with the why and how of our spiritual lives. He encourages us to find new perspectives on the "e;life-stuff"e; that shapes them, and gently reminds us of the Source of it All. These inspiring-often startling-insights will warm you during the dark times of your own doubts even as they brighten your quest for meaning, faith, identity, community-and holiness. Lawrence Kushner's wisdom has illumined many topics over his forty-year career. Looking back now, in this retrospective volume of much previously unpublished thought, we discern a fabric woven with startling colors and lights. It warms us during the dark times of our own disbelief even as it brightens our quest for meaning, faith, identity, community and holiness.