Speaking of Faith's The Spirituality of Paranting Interview.

In an interview with Rabbi Sandy Sasso, Krista Tippet of Speaking of Faith has a very interesting conversation about "The Spirituality of Parenting."

Rabbi Sandy Sasso, a noted author, says that the spiritual life, begins not in abstractions, but in concrete everyday experiences. And children need our questions as much as our answers.

More and more people in our time are disconnected from religious institutions, at least for part of their lives. Others are religious and find themselves creating a family with a spouse from another tradition or no tradition at all. And the experience of parenting tends to raise spiritual questions anew. We sense that there is a spiritual aspect to our children's natures and wonder how to support and nurture that. The spiritual life, our guest says, begins not in abstractions, but in concrete everyday experiences. And children need our questions as much as our answers.

This frank discussion will give parents ideas about how to deal with the spirituality of parenting. I listened to the mp3 file and thought you all might enjoy hearing it.