A Spiritual Life is a unique memoir, a coming-of-age story interweaving poetry, anecdote, narrative and social history, all of which explore the development of spiritual experience and depth as we move through our lives -- as discrete individuals, as children in a family, then with peers, with partners, as parents ourselves, as adult participants in community.
Merle Feld, a playwright and poet whose work has appeared in many contemporary anthologies and magazines and in several new prayerbooks, is perhaps best known for her poem, "We All Stood Together," which reflects on the experience of women and men at Sinai. Rabbis and educators use Feld's poetry and prose in their teaching, their talks, their sermons, their services. A wide variety of admirers share the same reaction -- that her words capture the emotional and spiritual reality of contemporary Jews, of religious seekers of all types.