Leela's review
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West
by Daniel Ladinsky
Leela's review
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West by Daniel Ladinsky
Leela's review
rating:
recommended for: ministers, the open-minded religious, those seeking words for a diety they're not ready for
I was taking an intensive class in seminary on Sexuality in Ministry (taught by minister and sexologist Debra Haffner) when a classmate from Cyprus brought this book to the table. It took two years, but I found a copy on a remainder table at a bookstore in Ottawa, Ontario and it has been a favorite of mine ever since. I use it for inspiration, for readings that just fit, for laughter in the face of trouble, and for that special brand of irreverence that is so critical to balanced religious life. Ladinsky's translations of twelve ancient religious poets are beautiful and whimsical and funny and dead serious and spot-on for a modern audience. He brings the voices, and the personalities behind them, to life.
