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    God's Paintbrush: Tenth Anniversary Edition
    God's Paintbrush: Tenth Anniversary Edition
    God's Paintbrush: Tenth Anniversary Edition
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    God's Paintbrush: Tenth Anniversary Edition

    By Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Annette Compton

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    A Guide for Jewish and Christian Educators and Parents

    Children speak about God in ways that are different from adults. They ask many questions about God, questions that can be startlingly direct. Oftentimes adults—parents, grandparents, and teachers—feel uncomfortable answering them.

    Through fantasy, involvement, and imagination, Sandy Sasso and Annette Compton invite children of all faiths and backgrounds to encounter God openly through moments in their own lives—and help the adults who love them to be a part of that encounter. This book provides a gift of images that nurtures and encourages children in making meaning of their world.

    With over 100,000 copies in print, God’s Paintbrush remains one of the most popular spiritual books for children of all faiths, all backgrounds. This special anniversary edition includes new ideas for interaction between adults and children, and an important new message from the author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTurner Publishing Company
    Release dateNov 9, 2011
    ISBN9781580235358
    God's Paintbrush: Tenth Anniversary Edition
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    Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

    Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso,a parent, spiritual leader, and storyteller, is the awardwinning author of God's Paintbrush, In God's Name, God In Between and many other inspiring books for children of all faiths and backgrounds. The second woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1974) and the first rabbi to become a mother, she and her husband, Dennis, were the first rabbinical couple to jointly lead a congregation—Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis. They have two children, David and Debora, and three grandchildren. Sasso, who holds a doctorate in ministry, is active in the interfaith community, and has written and lectured on the renewal of spirituality and the discovery of the religious imagination in children of all faiths. Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is available to speak on the following topics:/p> Nurturing the Spiritual Imagination of Children Tell Me a Story: Reading the Bible and the Religious Imagination of Children Filling in the Blanks: How Women Read the Bible Women and Judaism: A Personal Journey Midrash as a Tool for Spiritual Reflection

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      God's Paintbrush - Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

      Dedication and Acknowledgments

      Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

      To my children, Debora and David, the colors in my paintbox.

      This book was first conceived in a class taught by Dr. Nelle Slater. My gratitude for her encouragement and the freedom she gave me to explore this idea. My thanks to Stuart Matlins, Jevin Eagle and Rachel Kahn, who believe in the religious imagination of children and who helped make publishing this book a delight. To Mary K. Cauley, my thanks for her patient typing and retyping of this manuscript and to Susan Cohen, my appreciation for her advice and support. To my editor, Virginia Koeth, I am indebted for her keen sense of style and clarity.

      To see one’s words come alive by an artist’s hand is to receive a special gift. Annette Compton has surely painted with God’s paintbrush.

      For my

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