Lost Souls: Finding Hope in the Heart of Darkness - Tapa dura

A rabbi and author of God at the Edge describes the various kinds of despair present in human life and explains how to survive the feelings of being lost and alone to emerge wiser and stronger, drawing on the examples of such biblical figures as Cain, Samson, and others to reveal the eight stages of despair and the journey toward hope. 10,000 first printing.

t is no longer just adolescents who feel that the universe is falling apart. In Lost Souls, Niles Goldstein writes of the chaos and fear so many of us experience in our public and private lives and makes it clear that we are not―nor have we ever been―alone in our angst. To illustrate the different stages we often encounter when we feel lost―whether the trigger for our disorientation and despair is the loss of a loved one or a job, or the result of an injury or depression―Goldstein interweaves contemporary stories of men and women he has met through his work as a rabbi and a law enforcement chaplain with those of biblical figures such as Cain, David and Bathsheba, Samson, Tamar, and several of the prophets. As in his last book, God at the Edge, Goldstein explores the “shadow” side of the human condition. His accounts are often disturbing, but his insights are always inspiring. What he brings us is a message of particular relevance today, nam