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What does it mean?
Worship changes how you interpret everything around you.
In plain terms
Worship shows you how to see the world.
What can you take from it?
Let worship shape your view of reality.

Where it applies

  • worship services
  • ethical decisions
  • nature

Putting it to work

  • daily worship
  • ethical reflection
  • nature appreciation

Questions to consider

  • How does your faith shape your view?
  • What else influences your perspective?

Another view

Other philosophies offer different lenses for seeing the world.

More from Abraham Joshua Heschel

  1. 'We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.'

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  2. 'The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.'

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  3. 'He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.'

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