The Godseeker's Guide

Rabbi Lionel Blue has written this book to answer questions posed by young people starting out on their life's journey, oldies finishing it and the many muddled rest of us in between. Can we trust, albeit cautiously, our own religious and spiritual experience? How do we get it? Will we like it? And will it lead us to common and uncommon sense or cloud cuckooland?

People start out on the God search for all sorts of reasons – a broken love affair maybe, being stood up, seeing the good and recognising its beauty (and conversely seeing evil and shuddering fascinated at its ugliness), burial arrangements, addiction, shocking your nearest and dearest, and falling in love with Love.

Learning from radio and lecture listeners, theatre audiences, and his own varied life experience, Rabbi Blue shows how we can fit common honesty and higher truths together. As he himself says 'I went into religion because I had problems and stayed with it because it worked.' To his surprise it taught him laughter as well as compassion, even for himself.

“Author interview in The Guardian, book mentioned at the end. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/13/rabbi-lionel-blue-interview ” – The Guardian

“Interview and book mention ” – Jewish Chronicle

“Author interview. The book is mentioned at the end.” – Church Times

“Serialised in The Daily Mail”

“'Plenty of food for thought among the chuckles as you would expect from this author' The GoodBookStall”

“'His [Blue's] Thoughts for the Day on Radio 4 appeal to atheist and believer alike, and are renowned for their wisdom, humanity and humour. Now Rabbi Blue has written a guide for the spiritually perplexed which retains all those qualities while being free from the constraints of the two minute broadcast.'” – The Baptist Times

“'As a book to be dipped into, this will appeal to all his fans - and will surprise many others. Certainly, it surprised me.'” – Church Times

“Author Lionel Blue selects his 'Six Best Books' in the Daily Express.”

“Interview with author Lionel Blue in The Yorkshire Post”

“The Godseeker's Guide is an ideal holiday read. It lifts the spirits with its humour, which Blue has described as "the unofficial scripture of Jewish life". Most powerful is the author's wisdom, such as, "We need a religious home and not a religious prison" and that, "An unselfish action is an invitation for heaven to be present." This is a warm, wise and gently humorous book from Rabbi Lionel Blue. He reveals his own spiritual journey and offers insights into the nature of God, Life and suffering.” – RE Today