Surrendered—The Sacred Art

Rami Shapiro, a longtime member of Twelve Step recovery, a rabbi and Twelve Step spiritual director, is a frequent lecturer and attendee at Twelve Step retreats, seminars and meetings. An award-winning storyteller, poet and essayist, he is also author of Recovery—The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice; The Sacred Art of Lovingkindness: Preparing to Practice; Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually Independent: Sacred Teachings—Annotated & Explained (both SkyLight Paths) and many other books.

Rami Shapiro gives the distilled essence of his life as a human being, spiritual leader and writer. “I don’t want to be happy. I want to be real… living in sync with the moment and the ten thousand joys and… sorrows” of life. His upside-down Twelve Step recovering sounds like St. Benedict: “Gravity is your friend here. You start at Step One and tumble down to Twelve.”—Kent Ira Groff, spiritual companion, founding mentor of Oasis Ministries, author of Honest to God Prayer, Writing Tides and other books.