You may not be able to have an intimate relationship with such a G-d, but you are its pride and joy, its best hope. My colleague, Rabbi Nehemiah Polen, taught me that the world simply is. It is the way it is supposed to be, the way it must be. Such a vision is achieved by a surrender of the ego, by submerging your self in the enveloping waters of divine being. Being is not from or by G-d.
All theology is autobiography.
Lawrence Kushner Lawrence Kushner, Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts, is widely regarded as one of the most creative Jewish theologians in America. He serves as Rabbinic Chairman of Reform Judaism's Commission on Religious Living and has served as a member of the Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He is on the faculty of the rabbinic school of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Kushner has lectured extensively on the themes of personal and institutional spiritual renewal. He is Karen's husband and Noa's, Zachary's and Lev's father.