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    God's Prayer: A Sacred Challenge to Humanity
    God's Prayer: A Sacred Challenge to Humanity
    God's Prayer: A Sacred Challenge to Humanity
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    God's Prayer: A Sacred Challenge to Humanity

    By Michael L. Kagan

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    One day, Israeli scientist and spiritual teacher, Michael Kagan, sat down to say his morning prayers. As he was about to take up his prayer book, he suddenly heard—“Are you ready?” Ready for what? he thought. “Ready to write,” came the response. Somewhat bewildered, he argued that it wasn’t appropriate now. But the voice insisted, “Write!” What could he do? He found a notebook and began to write. The words poured through him from a voice protesting our abuse of the planet and our fellow human beings. It carried a reproving message for the three children of Abraham—Jews, Christians and Muslims—and called upon these siblings of the same Divine Parent to stop their fighting and come together to fulfill their purpose on Earth as true partners in God’s plan! Whose voice was it really? Who can say? But what is clear is this—its message is uncomfortably compelling, utterly necessary today, and as difficult to ignore as it is to hear. It's message has been supported by leaders among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, some of whom have written:

    “Listening deeply to the inner voice, Michael Kagan has placed himself in his own and other traditions; he has listened to the outcry of our Mother the Earth, and is sensitive to the voice of the feminine presence. He shares with us here a ‘treasury debt’ issued from the Divine Source.” --- Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Founder of the Jewish Renewal Movement

    “God’s Prayer is a unique inter-faith challenge that befits a teacher who has lived what he preaches. ... Will we turn our backs on this challenge? You cannot read Michael's prayer of exhortation and walk away unmoved." --- Reverend Richard Cizik, President of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good

    "Not everybody can write or translate what he has experienced, but Michael has succeeded in translating for us what came down upon him ... To Michael I say: be blessed for being this channel that is bringing forth this enlightened revelation, for being a vessel connecting us to the vertical plane that unites all of humankind." --- Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, the Qadiri Sufi Order in Nazareth

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbion-Andalus Books
    Release dateMar 26, 2015
    ISBN9781311411808
    God's Prayer: A Sacred Challenge to Humanity
    Author

    Michael L. Kagan

    Michael L. Kagan is a teacher of Holistic Judaism, ordained as a maggid, or sacred storyteller, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. His other books include, God's Prayer (2012), and The Holistic Haggadah (2004).

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      Book preview

      God's Prayer - Michael L. Kagan

      God’s Prayer

      A Sacred Challenge to Humanity

      Michael L. Kagan

      with endorsements by

      Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

      Reverend Richard Cizik

      Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

      Published by Albion-Andalus Books at Smashwords

      Boulder, Colorado 2014

      "The old shall be renewed,

      and the new shall be made holy."

      Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Kook

      Copyright © 2014 Michael L. Kagan

      Second Edition. All rights reserved.

      The German translation, Das Gebet Gottes, was published by Verlag Herder in April, 2012. The first English edition was published by Gaon Books in July, 2012.

      This ebook may not be re-sold or given away. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, except for brief passages in connection with a critical review, without permission in writing from the publisher:

      Albion-Andalus, Inc.

      P. O. Box 19852

      Boulder, CO 80308

      www.albionandalus.com

      Design and layout by Albion-Andalus Books.

      Cover design by Sari Wisenthal-Shore. On the cover, the name

      of God is written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic. The Aramaic

      calligraphy of Elaha is by Netanel Miles-Yépez.

      Cover photo of Michael Kagan by Shmuel Diamond.

      "We look forward to the time when the power of love

      will replace the love of power. Then will our world

      know the blessings of peace."

      William Gladstone

      This book is dedicated to the

      guardians of the flame of true religion;

      to those who understand that

      it is about reverence and life

      and not about power and oppression.

      Contents

      Who is the Author of this Book?

      Children of Adamah

      Children of Israel

      Faithful of Jesus

      People of the Prophet

      Jerusalem

      A New Time

      The Body Whole

      Daughters of Life

      Endorsements

      Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi

      Reverend Richard Cizik

      Sheikh Ghassan Manasra

      Acknowledgments

      Endnotes

      About Michael L. Kagan

      Who is the Author of this Book?

      I remember the moment well. It was winter. My wife was out of the country at a conference. My children were all at school. I was alone in the house.

      I entered into my morning prayer routine. My rainbow-colored prayer shawl was hung around my shoulders, enveloping me in the wrap of the Shekhinah, the divine ‘Presence.’ The leather straps of my tefillin were bound tight against my skin, a physical reminder of the binding of Isaac. [1] The daily prayer book of Psalms, credos and supplications is there in my hand. Ready.

      And then the Voice came: Ready?

      I didn’t start the whole routine of asking, Who are you? There was no one in the house. I was alone. I remembered the story of Samuel the Prophet, but I still was not ready to say, Here I am, as he did.

      Ready?

      Ready for what?

      Ready to write.

      No, I’m not ready to write. I’m about to start my morning prayers.

      Get ready to write!

      "But I’ve got my tefillin on. It’s not appropriate to write."

      Write!!

      But I don’t have a pen.

      Use a pencil! (Pencil? What’s a pencil?)

      But what about paper?

      Find some!

      I searched the house until I found some unused exercise books

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