The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness [Hardcover]

Karyn D. Kedar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2007

Forgiveness is a spiritual path that you embark on with intention and vision, purposefully seeking to bridge the gap between your hurt and suffering and your sense of wholeness and resilient inner light--the light of God.

This inspiring guide for healing and wholeness supplies you with a map to help you along your forgiveness journey. Deeply personal stories, comforting prayers and intimate meditations gently lead you through the steps that allow for the evolution of forgiving--loss, anger, acceptance, learning, forgiveness and restoration. Tapping both ancient and contemporary sources for the nourishment and strength needed as you seek to rekindle inner peace, this book tenderly whispers encouragement as you are brought to--and realize you are able to cross--your own bridge to forgiveness.

Editorial Reviews

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"Insightful, honest, frank ... will comfort anyone, from any spiritual background, who is struggling with the issue of forgiveness and will guide them toward healing. This is a beautiful book!" -- Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul

"A beautiful book that will make a lasting impression on your life. Highly recommended." -- Robert L. Veninga, author, A Gift of Hope: How We Survive Our Tragedies

"A profound understanding of the practice of forgiveness as a healing discipline. If you carry anger in your heart, you must read this book. Whether you seek forgiveness, preach it, teach it or are gathering the courage to offer it, you cannot afford to be without it." -- David Gottlieb, coauthor, Letters to a Buddhist Jew

"Rabbi Kedar is that longed-for neighbor or girlfriend or aunt who--through gentle poetry and the honesty of stories--tells us what we need to hear in a way we are able to truly listen." -- Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, author, Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss

From the Inside Flap

Answering the call for new examples of how to discover forgiveness, the beautiful and soulful prose found in this book offers ways to embrace forgiveness that do not involve shame or blame but, rather, emphasize the search for peace and resolution.

With beautiful, simple language--and a keen eye for discovering divinity in something as simple as a spider's web--Karyn D. Kedar offers unique and poignant approaches to thinking about forgiveness and, in so doing, invites you to explore uncharted aspects of your heart's terrain.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 147 pages
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing (March 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580233244
• ISBN-13: 978-1580233248
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,353,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem of a book!, May 25, 2007

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C. Rosenberg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness (Hardcover)

This perceptive book is about more than forgiveness, it shares life affirming lessons, insights and inspirations. As you journey across the bridge to forgiveness, its thought provoking teachings will motivate the reader to feel, to assess and to act. The poetic and succinct writing makes this challenging subject both approachable and an enjoyable reading experience.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh look at forgiveness, April 25, 2007

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Steve Yastrow (Deerfield, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness (Hardcover)

"Forgiveness is an intricate dance through pain and anger and loss. Let hope be your partner. Let joy take the lead." Karyn Kedar's Bridge to Forgiveness contains so many gems like this that you will never see forgiveness in the same way. Her bridge is a guide to finding peace after pain, and, like her previous two books, is very inspirational. I highly recommend the book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For all audiences, July 18, 2007

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Julie Jordan Scott "Writer, Life Coach - Owne... (Bakersfield, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bridge to Forgiveness: Stories and Prayers for Finding God and Restoring Wholeness (Hardcover)

I found this title in the Judaica section of my local bookstore and was immediately enthralled... and no, I am not Jewish.

I am, however, a writer - and Karyn Kedar shares her call to write this book when she says, "Write. About forgiveness. Write. A subtle echo of new life. Write." and I think every writer who has experienced a spiritual call will know, will understand, will nod alongside these words.

YES! Write, we say, enthusiatically.

This impressive book is about forgiveness without forgetting. It is about healing and wholeness. It shares its message through a combination of instructive prose, poetry (almost like songs or psalms) and a memoir style of writing.

I couldn't help but write quotes as I read along - for example.... "Acceptance is the compassionate embrace of yourself and your place in the world: without judment, without fear, without regret. You are who you are. You are not who you are not."

Simple, yes. Strong? Indeed!

This universal message will (I hope and pray) find its way into the hands and hearts of readers of all faiths. Read it, embrace it, live it.