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Now more than ever, people are painfully divided politically, religiously, and culturally. And yet, there is a commonality in our faith traditions that can help us turn away from polarization and create a greater sense of community in which our differences are honored.
The Peacemaker’s Path brings together wisdom from the world’s major religious traditions, including Bahá’í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American spiritualities, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism, showing that we have much more in common than what divides us.
Through daily readings that explore the tenets, teachings, writings, and prayers of these diverse faith traditions, you will gain new insight, understanding, and connection with people from different religious backgrounds. Each day offers a reflection, scripture passages from the world’s religions, questions to contemplate, a call to action, and a closing prayer.
May we realize the tremendous importance of building bridges of peace in our own lives, our communities, and our world. Loving our friends is easy; loving the “other” will bring shalom.
Like a multi-faith guru, Jerry Zehr weaves together in a seamless tapestry the wisdom of the world’s religions to help you become your own sherpa on the path to peace. Through wonderful illustrations from the political world, religious traditions, and folklore, along with the combination of holy writings from multiple faith traditions, this book is a resource you will want to return to over and over. At a time when our divisions seem to tear us apart, this book offers the secret to the unity and peace we need.
Rob Fuquay
Sr. Pastor, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, IN
Author of The God We Can Know, Which Way, Lord? A New Reformation, and The Passion Play:Living the Story of Christ’s Last Days
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Is there a line Thomas won’t cross to achieve success? Drugs, money, sex, faith, and truth intersect in this intriguing novel.
Blurring the Lines tells the story of Thomas, a driven young actor struggling to break into the entertainment industry in LA. Thomas’ Amish heritage and his overwhelming desire to succeed continuously collide. His success, his survival and his soul, are at stake as he struggles to determine his life’s purpose.
5.0 out of 5 stars A nose for good storytelling
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2019
This cautionary tale has plenty of action and interesting characters. The writing flows. It takes more than a passion for the theater, a strong determination to chase after one’s dreams, and the thrill of winning a poker game to find one’s way in this troubled world. These characters get themselves in some serious trouble along the way.
Reading this book reminds me how it’s okay to have more questions than answers. We all make poor choices at times but learn from them. One takeaway from Chapter 13 captures the essence of the main character Thomas: “It seems we sometimes get so consumed with all the lights and glitter in life and those things are so shallow. If you’re not grounded and feeding your soul, you feel empty.” How true indeed!
KrisSpor
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2012
Jerry Zehr’s Blurring The Lines is an interesting, thought-provoking beautifully written novel. Jerry Zehr digs deep into the social fabric that makes America, along with the way that religion, of any kind, affects the way we see the world and live in it. Thomas leaves home to try and make his way in California as an actor. Coming from a sheltered background Thomas isn’t prepared for the big city or the people there. Unlike others authors Jerry Zehr shows that the fall from grace is not all at once, but a slow process that happens one choice at a time. Through it all Thomas makes some real good friends and learns who he is as well as who God is. Blurring The Lines is truly written from the heart of author Jerry Zehr.
Andrew Cort, author of THE DOOR IS OPEN
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising Twists
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2012
‘Blurring the Lines’ was a great deal of fun to read. It mixes spirituality with romance, danger, and a coming-age-story in a way that us full of surprises. Remember the astonishing supernatural twists that appeared so suddenly and matter-of-factly in ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ and just made you ‘stop’? Well this is the author’s first novel, and it may not be up to the level of a Garcia Marquez, but it kept bringing me the same kind of sudden, unexpected, ‘stops’. One minute we’re illegally importing drugs and worrying about detectives and jail-time and threats of murder, and the next moment we’re meditating on floating globes in innerspace and seeing into the future. I liked this story far more than the typical story that is all horror, or all romance, or all thriller, or all new-agey, or whatever. Life is many-faceted, and so is this book.