Matzah Balls to Communion Wafers
How a Not-So-Kosher Jewish Girl Fell in Love with Jesus
by Gail Baker
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Pub Date 9 Aug 2019 | Archive Date 18 Oct 2019
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Description
When Baker yearns for something more, she discovers that the Christian message answers the deep yearning within each of us to resolve human suffering. Baker’s conversion is not a blinding-light epiphany, but a process spanning years of agonizing conflict, echoing twenty centuries of misunderstanding between Christians and Jews.
Living in the same city as her chagrined parents, she is forced to process difficulties related to family dynamics, group loyalty, and identity politics. Readers will be emboldened by Baker’s decision to follow Christ at the risk of rupturing ties with family and community. Her book will appeal to all who seek God’s guidance in making difficult life decisions.
This book is a must-read for Christians who wish to engage with their Jewish friends. The Jewish mindset is tenderly revealed, showing why so many Jews bristle at the mere mention of Jesus.
Advance Praise
Kirkus Review:
A beautifully written and provocative account of one woman’s spiritual journey.
“Baker writes with a deeply felt spirituality, her prose, often, elegantly taking on the form of prayer:
“I continue to write so that I can better know what I feel and think about a matter. As a form of communication, it resembles prayer—reaching deep into my psyche and speaking to a subconscious part of my soul.”
She artfully braids revealing, confessional memoir with thought-provoking reflections on the nature of her spirituality, which dwells in the convergence of mystical Judaism and Christianity.
Her search for faith is a rigorously intellectual one, conducted through the meticulous study of not only the Bible, but also philosophy and theology. Still her remembrance never devolved into arid, scholarly study. Her recollection is still powerfully moving and told with courage and self- effacing humor. With great nuance, Baker describes the profound consolation that she found in Christ as a Jewish woman, and in the process, she makes a valuable contribution to a deeper understanding of the Judeo-Christian tradition.”
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781532682049 |
| PRICE | US$21.00 (USD) |
