Be Still and Get Going
A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · August 30, 2005
Written in a warm, accessible, and intimate style, Be Still and Get Going will touch those who are searching for an authentic spiritual practice that speaks to them in their own cultural language.
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- Who it’s for
- A grounded, accessible approach to meditation that fits real life and Jewish practice.
- Genres
- Meditation, Judaism
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, August 30, 2005
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Written in a warm, accessible, and intimate style, Be Still and Get Going will touch those who are searching for an authentic spiritual practice that speaks to them in their own cultural language. Lew is one of the most sought-after rabbis on the lecture circuit. He has had national media exposure for his dynamic fusion of Eastern insight and Bible study, having been the subject of stories on ABC News, the McNeil Lehrer News Hour, and various NPR programs.
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In the past five years there have been national conferences on Jewish meditation in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami where Lew has been a featured speaker. Lew's first book, One God Clapping, was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and winner of the PEN Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence. Publishers Weekly hailed him as "a perceptive thinker" for his "refreshing and sometimes startling perspective" in his last book, This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared.
Stillness, in Practice
A grounded, accessible approach to meditation that fits real life and Jewish practice.
Come here for
- Jewish meditation as everyday practice
- Contemplative, warm guidance
Expect
- Daily reflection and study
- A gentle, worldview-shaping read
Where it sits
| Judaism | 52% |
|---|---|
| Meditation | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Jewish Rituals & Practice
- Spirituality
- Meditation
- Authors
- Alan Lew
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- August 30, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Jewish Rituals & Practice