Lawrence Kushner is the Emanu-El Scholar at San Francisco’s Congregation Emanu-El and visiting professor of Jewish spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union. Formerly he was Rabbi-in-Residence of Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion and the rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He is a regular commentator on NPR’s “All Thing Considered.” One of the most widely read authors on Jewish spiritual life, he brings his gifts as a storyteller and scholar to his role as a leader of personal and institutional renewal within Judaism. Part of the great adventure of living is asking questions, looking around with awe, listening to one another, praising God, and patching together a homemade tapestry of meaning. Kushner shows us the way with aplomb. That is why he is one of the preeminent spiritual teachers of our time. Kushner’s books include Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; The Book of Words: Talking Spiritual Life, Living Spiritual Talk; God Was in This Place and I, I Did Not Know; Finding Self, Spirituality, and Ultimate Meaning; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; Honey from the Rock: An Easy Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; and The River of Light: Spirituality, Judaism, Consciousness. He has also written books for young people, including The Book of Miracles: A Young Person’s Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness; How Does God Make Things Happen? and Because Nothing Looks Like God.