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After her change from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Lauren Success found that her life was indelibly proclaimed by the rich traditions and religious routines of Judaism. She set out to discover how she could combine many of these routines into her new faith. Winner reveals eleven Jewish religious routines that can enhance just how Christians view the world and God. Whether talking about attentive eating, marking the days while grieving, the community that supports a relationship, candle-lighting, or the dissimilarities between the Jewish Sabbath and a Weekend spent at the Mudhouse, her favorite restaurant, Success writes with fascinating honesty and uncommon understanding.
“Lauren Success speaks the vocabulary of this generation. It is authentic, free and vibrant.”
—Ben Young, author of The Ten Commandments of Internet dating
“At a time when we are so alert to the dissimilarities between Judaism and Christianity, Lauren Winner's publication on whatever we can study from one another is so refreshingly welcome."
—Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
“For all of us who can’t get our religious lives in form by transport out to a monastery, Lauren Success explores simple, do-able ways of keeping company with God in the ordinary, day-to-day world of eating, working, resting, romancing, aging, making, grieving, and celebrating. Her rich id as a Jewish/Religious/scholar/writer informs every word.”
—Brian McLaren, pastor and author of A New Sort of Religious
“[Success is] a gifted article writer who has much to teach us about the deep and indestructible bonds between Judaism and Christianity.”
—Richard Mouw, Leader, Fuller Seminary
