Musings on Spiritual Matters

I read this book because of my friend Josh Ross.  He mentioned a story from it.  And I am always looking for some new books to read.  I thought about reading it before, but with his endorsement, it was a sealed deal.  This book was really interesting because the author comes from a Jewish background, more of a family Jew than a religious Jew, really the guy did not even believe in God, but he did this experiment, which he took really seriously.  He attempted to follow every command in the Old Testament and New Testament, which was hard, especially some of the Old Testament stuff.  In fact, the author even highlighted some stuff that I never heard about before, like stealing some egg from a bird.  The book does two things, it points to the fact that most of us do not follow the entire Bible, we mostly pick and choose, and second of all, it does make a person change when you are following the word of God.  The author felt like he was a better person, and maybe even a little happier, such as when he was working on being more thankful.  He even became addicted to gratitude.  Though the guy looked funny with his long beard and hair on the sides, he felt that he was in a special club, a certain “in” club he was introduced to.  This book certainly was a wonderful read, he is a good writer, and being a minister I enjoyed the journey.  Well worth the time.

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