Surprises Around the Bend 50 Adventurous Walkers - By Richard A. Hasler- Makes a good case for walking as a regular spiritual practice that adds richness and depth to our lives.- Book Review by Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN

 Surprises Around the Bend

50 Adventurous Walkers -

By Richard A. Hasler-

Makes a good case for walking as a regular spiritual practice that adds richness and depth to our lives.-

Book Review by  Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN 

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"Walking is an essential discipline of thought and spirit. My soul is a traveler afoot in the world. Like Aristotle (whose school was called Peripatetic, after the covered walkway along which he strolled while teaching), I cannot think clearly if I remain too long sedentary," Sam Keen wrote in Hymns to an Unknown God. Richard A. Hasler, a Presbyterian minister who has published five books in the area of preaching, prayer and sports, agrees with those sentiments. In this unusual work, he as assembled the brief inspirational biographies of 50 adventurous walkers including physicians and naturalists, poets and novelists, politicians and teachers, pilgrims and seekers, prophets and social reformers.

It is Hasler's contention the most creative people in history have been walkers. Of course in our car culture, this art is not experienced by all that many people. To the author, walking is a spiritual practice that renews the soul, connects us with the natural world, spurs problem solving, improves self-esteem, heightens alertness, and can be a rewarding aspect of friendship or a love relationship. Others use walking as an opportunity to commune with God or to pray for others. We can learn from Wendell Berry who wrote in his Recollected Essays:

"Today, as always when I am afoot in the woods, I feel the possibility, the reasonableness, the practicality of living in the world in a way that would enlarge rather than diminish the hope of life."

We learn in these pages that Henry David Thoreau felt transformed while sauntering through the natural world. Throughout his lifetime, Carl Jung was an avid walker. William and Dorothy Wordsworth were companion walkers who shared their innermost feelings with each other. Taking a stroll was a regular part of poet Wallace Stevens's daily activities; and walking played a central role for Robert Frost as well. James Michener included "quiet rambles" in his regimen. Theodore Roosevelt's gusto was evident in his point-to-point walks. Dorothy Day prayed while she walked. Hasler makes a good case for walking as a spiritual practice that adds richness and depth to our lives.

Finding Angels in Boulders

An Interfaith Discussion on Dying and Death

By Bruce G. Epperly, Lewis D. Solomon

Presents a progressive Christian and Jewish overview of this important subject.

Book Review by Sun and Planets Spirituality AYINRIN 

This is the last in a series of three books by the Rev. Bruce Epperly, an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ, and Lewis D. Solomon, an ordained post-denominational rabbi. The first two were Mending The World: Spiritual Hope for Ourselves and Our Planet and Walking in the Light: A Jewish-Christian Vision of Healing and Wholeness. This paperback's title comes from a vignette told about Michelangelo. A neighbor asked him what he was doing hammering on a boulder. The sculptor replied, "There's an angel inside, and I'm trying to let him out."

Death is the ultimate boulder that blocks our path to the future. Yet progressive Jews and Christians believe that their traditions offer many helpful tools for transformation and prescriptions for practice during life's most challenging situations. In this hopeful resource, Epperly and Solomon discuss adventures in immortality, healing the dying, living through loss, and mending the broken connection. They observe:

"Healthy spirituality awakens us to the possibility of finding a blessing in our brokenness and a healing in that which cannot be cured. Every moment can be a window into God's Holy Adventure. The death we fear and the grief that haunts us can also awaken us to the deeper movements of Divine Grace in our lives. Experiencing hope in the present finds its source in a hopeful vision of reality and the destiny of ourselves and those we love."

We are living in eternity in the present moment, so we shouldn't waste our time worrying about whether or not we can gain access to heaven. By working for justice, healing, and transformation in the world, we beat a path toward union with the Creator. We were pleased to see the following as well: "Whether our vision of survival after death embraces everlasting spiritual evolution in companionship with God or progressive growth toward the realization of Divine identity through the process of reincarnation, our postmortem adventures involve growing in self-awareness, spiritual stature, and love."

In a thought-provoking chapter on the arts of dying, Epperly and Solomon outline six approaches, including recognizing that you are more than your fear and pain, experiencing peace through practicing forgiveness, encountering eternity every day, experiencing gratitude and being generous in every life situation, and walking in the light. This vision of healthy spirituality by a progressive Christian and a progressive Jew offers hope for a multifaith future in which we can all mine the meanings of all religious traditions for insights into the most difficult issues of both life and death.

Read an Excerpt on Gratitude

Finding Angels in Boulders

An Interfaith Discussion on Dying and Death

By Bruce G. Epperly, Lewis D. Solomon

Bruce G. Epperly and Lewis D. Solomon on experiencing God's blessings through a special gratitude walk.

A Book Excerpt on Gratitude

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"We can experience God's blessings in tragedy as well as joy. In that spirit, we invite you to go on a 'gratitude walk.' Whether your pace is slow or aerobic in cadence, take some time simply to look around you as you walk. Experience the wonder of movement, of the senses, of the ambient earth. Bathe your senses in the form and color of plants and trees, the harmony of human and nonhuman sound, the extravagance of human creativity (if you are walking in the city). Ponder life's gifts to you. As you recount each one, you may choose to affirm your gratitude to God and others, 'I thank you for____________.' Let words of thanks pour forth from your heart and mind. What you will discover, whether your walk is just around the block or over a mountain, is that it is virtually impossible to run out of things for which to be thankful in your relationships, in the beauty of nature, and in your own giftedness and uniqueness.

"If your physical condition makes walking difficult or impossible, simply relax in your bed, imagining yourself on a pilgrimage through life in which you notice all the blessings you have received. Take time on this imaginative journey to stop and experience the joy of life's wonder. Recall positive experiences and moments of healing and love. Visualize those persons who have been most pivotal in your life adventure.

"Filled with the spirit of gratitude, commit yourself to words of thanksgiving in every positive encounter — a note or e-mail from a friend, physician's phone call, a nurse's or orderly's support, a desk clerk's directions to your appointment, a spouse or friend's company at a medical test. You will discover something utterly amazing — the essential blessedness and giftedness of life and the abundant hand of its Giver. Like young Annie Dillard, who grew up to become one of America's most creative writers, you will experience the world as a place in which God's magic pennies are abundantly strewn in every direction, just waiting to be discovered by each passerby."

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