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"In When Your Life Is On Fire Erik Kolbell listens, provokes, and most of all, shares with us the enduring lessons and insights of life and faith as realized by a diverse population of thoughtful people. It's a town hall of the soul." -- Tom BrokawIf your life was on fire, what would be the one thing you save?Psychotherapist and pastor Erik Kolbell asks that question of 13 remarkable and unique individuals. The answers, provided by celebrities such as Jane Pauley and Alan Alda, artists such as Regina Carter and Tao Porchon Lynch, and ordinary people put into extraordinary situations like Don Lange and Brenda Berkman, will help all of us consider what it is that we value most in life.His goal, Kolbell says, is not to examine the worth of each of these things.
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Erik Kolbell is a writer, psychotherapist, and ordained minister. A Yale Divinity School graduate, Kolbell was the first Minister of Social Justice at Riverside Church in New York City where he worked on fair housing, racial equality, nuclear disarmament, prison reform and other issues. His work took him to Nicaragua as an official US observer for the first democratic elections, to Cuba with Pastors for Peace delivering medical supplies, and to South Africa on a fact finding mission during the apartheid years. As a Congregational minister with a concentration in Judaic studies, Kolbell has a broad understanding of religious issues and where they intersect with American culture. Prior to his ministry at Riverside Church, Kolbell worked for several years as a college chaplain. His psychotherapy practice incorporates his expertise in family and couples counseling. Kolbell has appeared on The Today Show and Dateline on NBC, The Early Show on CBS, The Charlie Rose Show on PBS, Morning Joe on MSNBC, The Jane Pauley Show, Your Total Health, local television, and numerous radio programs. Kolbell's writing has covered a wide variety of topics, from the spiritual to the practical, with a common theme being that of tying ethical principles to everyday living.
