Mending the World: Spiritual Hope for Ourselves and Our Planet

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Summary: A wholesome, spiritual, and life-affirming treatise
Review: Collaboratively written by Lewis D. Solomon, a Jewish Rabbi, and Bruce G. Epperly, a minister of the United Church of Christ, Mending The World: Spiritual Hope For Ourselves And Our Planet is a wholesome, spiritual, and life-affirming treatise on how healing can be promoted among ourselves, our neighbors, and our planet. Presenting diverse tools for spiritual transformation (including prayer, meditation, imagination, and affirmation), Mending The World is a thoughtful and much needed contribution to human wisdom in these especially troubled and troubling times.

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Summary: A fantastic guidance tool!
Review: I reviewed this book for the Liguorian and was really impressed with it. First, I was amazed to find a Rabbi and a minister of the United Church of Christ collaborating on anything. That is so refreshing. Then, I was further shocked to find them teaching us about things like meditation. This book is destined to become a religious/spiritual classic! It offers sound and practical advice for learning to love yourself, your community, and your world. We should all read this book and apply the teachings of these two wise men.

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Summary: A Crystal Vision
Review: Mending The World is a treasure! It's a gift to find leaders of tradional faith who can step into Spirit together and then translate their experience for bretheren. These two men not only reveal the pathway for Christians and Jews to move beyond the mental barricades of religion, but suggest how we do so together, in the conscience of unity with and responsibility for all life on our planet. They clearly depict how mental, emotional and spiritual healing within ourselves and our relationships, regardless of circumstance, is a choice we learn to manifest moment by moment. They have in fact, updated Christ's message and that of the ancient scriptures, breathing fresh life into them, showing how they pertain to each and all. Their explanations of Sholom are a gift of expanded sight. And the map of recovery, so carefully outlined, touches each person in their place of darkness, spotlighting individual tasks of transformation. They then inspire by revealing how we inhale the innate power of our planet by accepting the spiritual assignment and holy adventure of living in recognition of our divinity.

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Summary: Hope for our world and for our spirits
Review: Mending the World is a unique blend of wisdom from two great traditions. Out of this contrapuntal dance comes a new melody of hope for our future and for our lagging spirits during these difficult days. If you need encouragement, direction, or even practical ways to creatively deal with the bad news we hear each night on television, go to this book and find a wellspring of peace and hope.

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Summary: A Glittering Treasury of Wisdom and Insight
Review: The authors of this book, a rabbi and a minister, illumine the love, compassion and wisdom in Judaism and Christianity, and, in doing so, bring readers to the shared heart of these two religions. This compact volume traces the viewpoints explaining our confusion about God; invites us to mend our hearts with a life-supporting view of a caring and loving Creator; and awakens us to our spirits and contemporary ways to heal ourselves and become God's partners in mending the world.

The authors, writing with open hearts and incisive intellect, have created a magnificent work: one that honors the riches of the past and distills them into a guiding vision for the future.

Judith Pennington, author of The Voice of the Soul:
A Journey into Wisdom and the Physics of God