Yiscah Smith

A Spiritual Response to Crisis: Inviting God into the Conversation

As Jews—and even as simple human beings— living in such a troubling and unexpected global cultural climate as now, with all the uncertainty, anxiety, pain, despair and fear it brings, we may need to begin questioning, “What is being asked of me now?”

Spiritually sensitive individuals may conclude that we need to rely more on our faith and trust in the Eternal— for support, inspiration and encouragement. However, many may conclude otherwise. And yet, perhaps the current situation may cause yet others to be more open to explore ideas other than their accustomed ones, which may prove not to be as effective as before. To everyone, Yiscah suggests that a rare and unique perspective awaits our consideration when answering this important question. What an opportune time to bring God into the conversation. This may not provide all the answers we seek, but it will support our basic human need to feel more connected with our deeper selves—our souls— and each other, and less lonely and distant.

Yiscah's forthcoming book, Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice, adopts this essential idea inherent in Judaism that we need to reclaim, restore and renew God talk— cultivating a God consciousness as part of our daily living as Jews.