{"product_id":"from-beginning-to-end-the-rituals-of-our-lives-9780804111140","title":"From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives","description":"FROM BEGINNING TO END\u003cbr\u003eWhy \"rituals\"?\u003cbr\u003eMy thinking was set in motion by those who, knowing I was a parish minister for many years, have asked me for advice about ceremonies and celebrations. They wanted words to use at graduations, funerals, and the welcoming of children. They inquired about grace at family meals, the reaffirmation of wedding vows, and ways to heal wounds suffered in personal conflict. People requested help with the rituals of solitude, such as meditation, prayer, and contemplation. . . .\u003cbr\u003eRituals do not always involve words, occasions, officials, or an audience. Rituals are often silent, solitary, and self-contained. The most powerful rites of passage are reflective--when you look back on your life again and again, paying attention to the rivers you have crossed and the gates you have opened and walked on through, the thresholds you have passed over.\u003cbr\u003eI see ritual when people sit together silently by an open fire.\u003cbr\u003eRemembering.\u003cbr\u003eAs human beings have remembered for thousands and thousands of years.\u003cbr\u003eFULGHUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Fulghum\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, philosopher, and public speaker, but he has also worked as a cowboy, a folksinger, an IBM salesman, a professional artist, a parish minister, a bartender, a teacher of drawing and painting, and a father. \u003ci\u003eAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten \u003c\/i\u003ehas inspired numerous theater pieces that have captivated audiences across the country. Fulghum is also the author of many \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers, including \u003ci\u003eIt Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It, Uh-Oh, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaybe (Maybe Not)\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two plays: \u003ci\u003eAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written two novels: \u003ci\u003eThird Wish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf You Love Me Still, Will You Love Me Moving?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ivy Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901686485266,"sku":"9780804111140","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef2fcefd-02d0-48be-864b-60b4b0590e23.jpg?v=1738435249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-beginning-to-end-the-rituals-of-our-lives-9780804111140","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}