In God's Hands
A Charming tale to remind us all that our kindness works miracles.
“When the sun sets and stars fill the sky, the square in the little town grows quiet and still. The cool air of distant hills mingles with the sweet scent of baking bread. The moon rises and glows softly. It’s the sort of place where miracles could happen.”
David and Jacob live in the same little, ordinary town, but it’s almost as if they’re from different worlds. David is so poor he can barely feed his family. Jacob is so consumed with staying rich he thinks about nothing but money. But the two men have one thing in common: they both believe that miracles are big, magical things that can only happen somewhere else, to someone else.
But when Jacob wakes up from a nap in synagogue one day, sure that God has demanded twelve loaves of bread from him, all this changes in amazing ways you’d never expect.
A delightful, timeless legend based on Jewish tradition, In God’s Hands tells of the ordinary miracles that occur when we really, truly open our eyes to the world around us.
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Book details
- Author
- Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Gary Schmidt
- Illustrator
- Matthew J. Baek
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Ages
- 5-8
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- Judaism · kindness and miracles · Jewish tradition · children's fiction · faith and everyday life · community · rich and poor
- ISBN-13
- 9781580232241 (Hardcover)9781684426744 (Paperback)
About the author
RABBI LAWRENCE KUSHNER is a rabbi and author whose books include I'm God; You're Not, In God’s Hands and Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians.
Kushner served as rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts, for almost thirty years and is the Emanu-El scholar at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and has appeared as a commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
When he’s not writing, Kushner designs his own books and pursues an interest in graphic design and computers. He also enjoys Mozart and spending time around sailboats.
Lawrence lives in San Francisco.