Confessions of a Contemplative Crossing Guard

This book is intended to help manage the messiness of adulthood. Serving as a crossing guard at a local elementary school, the author found himself moved and inspired by the experiences and encounters that greeted him each and every day. This book is a record of his reflections on those moments and how they led him to a deeper understanding of the concise ambiguity of what it means to be an adult. He watched his charges and wondered not "e;Why did the chicken cross the road?"e; but, rather, "e;What are all these chickens going to do once they get there?"e; Life is an effort to "e;cross the road,"e; and we do so every day. Now that we are there, what, and how, are we going to do so that our lives are "e;more than long"e;? Using especially his experience as a pulpit rabbi for over four decades, the author offers answers to those questions that can help everyone put one foot in front of the other and move forward confidently--once the crossing guard says that it is okay to go!