My rating:
add to my books
Loading...
We Plan, God Laughs: How to Find Your Divine Path When Life is Not Turning Out Like You Wanted
The old Yiddish proverb, “We plan, God laughs,” expresses a truth everyone can relate to. At every stage of life we make plans, setting out where we want to go and imagining what we will be like when we have “arrived.” But things have a way of turning out not quite as we hoped or expected.
In WE PLAN, GOD LAUGHS, Sherre Hirsch argues that too often our plans are limited to...more
In WE PLAN, GOD LAUGHS, Sherre Hirsch argues that too often our plans are limited to...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
April 1st 2008
by Doubleday
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
39)
This was a very good book about how to live life with God not as a puppet-master nor as an uninterested observer, but as a partner who is intimately involved with us yet allows us our own space. Since it is written by a Rabbi (yes, the rabbi is a she, one of only a dozen in modern history), there were some perspectives that were new to me or I struggled with, but that was good also. She talks about the "divine spark" in each of our lives and how intends for us to use that "spark...more
Great Book! Highly recommed it! A keeper not just a "loaner" from the library...
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Ok it may be your typical how to explore your inner self and figure things out, but it is the right book for me right now. And if I wasn't feeling rushed because I needed to return it to the library, I would have taken it a bit more seriously and done the exercises at the end of each section. the author is a rabbi and uses Jewish traditions and readings for the Torah to explain each of the ten points to get God to not laugh when you make plans. Well, ok he still might laugh, but atleast I'll ...more
Hirsch offers a wonderful collection of stories of life gone awry, with an inspirational "how to". I've written a full review at: <http://www.examiner.com/x-2063-Inner-Peace-Examiner~y2009m2d22-Finding-the-Divine-Spark>
Didn't like the flow of the book and didn't really learn anything new.
Makes me want to change my faith. Really enjoyed this one. Very inspirational.
Lady Rabbi solves life.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit, especially the first 4 chapters. It was exactly what I was needing to hear and not what I was getting in church.
A simply sparkling book. It's funny I don't remember a single of the ten steps but I do know she made an impression on me.
Not quite what I expected. Thought I would get more out of it, but left me wanting something more.
Jen
added it
Good to know God's not laughing at us.... exactly.
T
marked it as to-read
Melissa
marked it as to-read
Diane
added it
Dina
marked it as to-read
Paige
marked it as to-read
Aimee Fogel (Joblove)
marked it as to-read
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Sharon Archer
added it
Betty
marked it as to-read
Gayle
marked it as to-read
davises88
added it
Lindsey
marked it as to-read
Patty Crawford
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
