Jacob's Ladder:: Wisdom for the Heart's Ascent

In Jacob's Ladder a boy arrives at Jacob's door bearing a note that conveys the dying wish of an old friend. Jacob is to raise the orphan Jonah, and guide him until he is ready to sit at the Council of Sages. In this warm and enlightening adventure of the heart, Jacob discovers that "a teacher loves teaching. A father teaches love." With patience, Jacob and young Jonah seek to understand their place in life together and apart. Jacob's Ladder is a book about fatherhood; yet it is also a treasury of answers in the form of brief stories and parables, told by a baker who is a poet of truth and a gentle friend. The questions put to Jacob are as diverse as love and forgiveness, growing older and becoming young, spirituality and work, loss and laughter. When Jacob answers, we are wiser for listening.