How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth

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ISBN: 9781455615544 | 1455615544
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/13/2011

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This collection of 101 essays from some of today's most notable thinkers and leaders focuses on the large problems of society, as well as every day challenges, and encourages readers to envision a positive change. The essays explore the themes of peace, democracy, prosperity, racial harmony, ecology, and health, encouraging readers to find meaning in their own lives and share it with others.

Preface	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 19
Introduction
"… for God, all things are possible,"	p. 23
Peace
The Role of Faith in World Peace	p. 31
The Economics of Peace and Prosperity	p. 35
Democracy and Peace	p. 38
The Quest for Peace in the Global Village	p. 41
The Way Out: Gandhi's History and Our Future	p. 44
The UN Is Making a Difference in Darfur	p. 47
The Lessons of Hiroshima	p. 50
Security
A Look at Radical Islam	p. 55
Energy and Security Through Fuel Choices	p. 57
How to Win the War of Ideas	p. 60
Getting Off Drugs: The Harm Reduction Option	p. 63
Deal or No Deal: The Price of Purchasing Counterfeit Goods	p. 66
Freedom
The Lost Art of Family Meals	p. 71
Undivided Hearts	p. 73
Women Who Never Give Up	p. 76
Choices and the Mystery of Life	p. 79
Surviving Injustice	p. 82
Democracies
The Tao of Reagan	p. 87
What I Want for You and Every Child in America	p. 90
What Made My Year Special	p. 93
Count Your Blessings: An Attorney's Perspective	p. 95
Africa's Heavenly Surprise?	p. 98
A Mighty Wind	p. 101
Effective Leadership	p. 104
Prosperity
10 Ways to Get Rich-On Warren Buffett	p. 109
Why How Matters	p. 113
Ending Poverty One Loan at a Time: Dr. Yunus and The Grameen Bank	p. 116
Protecting the World's Children	p. 119
The Great Seduction by Debt	p. 122
What's the Money For?	p. 125
Changing the Game of Work	p. 127
The Obligation to Help the Poor	p. 130
What Isn't Advertised	p. 133
Preservation Complements Prosperity: The New Orleans Example	p. 136
Society's True Wealth	p. 140
Home Is Where the Spirit Is	p. 143
Bringing Hearts Together, Reconcile New Orleans	p. 145
Spiritual Harmony
Liberty and Civility: What Benjamin Franklin and George Washington Taught Us About Religious Peace	p. 151
True Democracy in the Twenty-first Century	p. 154
Peacemaking in Northern Ireland	p. 157
Racial Harmony
A Prisoner's Example: A Study of Nelson Mandela	p. 163
Reaching Out Across Our Borders	p. 165
Where Do We Go From Here?	p. 167
See With Thy Eyes, Hear With Thy Ears, Listen With Thy Heart	p. 171
We're More Than Our Race	p. 174
Saints on the Playing Field	p. 177
Of Colors, Cultures and Popcorn	p. 180
Homeless Meals and Racial Harmony	p. 182
Ecological Harmony
We Must Act Now to Avoid a Carbon Summer	p. 187
A Prince's Green Sensibility	p. 193
Searching for Eden, USA	p. 196
Superstar Brad Pitt Makes It Right	p. 199
Envisioning a Green Middle East	p. 202
Creating Gardens of Paradise	p. 204
Saving Small Friends	p. 207
The Amazon Rainforest Cries for Help	p. 209
Ecology Matters	p. 212
An Earth-Friendly Mission	p. 215
The Evolution of the American Dream: Sustainable Neighborhoods and Heaven on Earth	p. 219
Health
Friends for Life: An Emerging Biology of Emotional Healing	p. 223
Body and Spirit	p. 226
Making Love, Not War	p. 228
Achieving Heaven on Earth Through a Just Cause	p. 231
With Sobriety Anything Is Possible	p. 234
The Mental Health Checkup	p. 236
Heaven via Bike	p. 239
Battling Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	p. 242
Taste Heaven on Earth	p. 245
Fit from the Inside Out	p. 248
Perfectly Broken	p. 251
Moral Purpose and Meaning
What Our Lives Should Mean	p. 255
Dreaming Heroic	p. 258
Billy Graham: God's Ambassador	p. 261
Healing Holes in Hearts	p. 264
Where Is Your Treasure?	p. 267
We Urgently Need an Academic Revolution	p. 269
Mother Teresa: An Ordinary Woman of Extraordinary Compassion	p. 272
Pilgrims' Pointers	p. 275
The Kindness of Strangers	p. 277
A Thing New, Meaningful and Dangerous	p. 280
Won't You Be My Neighbor?	p. 283
Changing the World with Kindness	p. 287
Individual Paths to Heaven on Earth
The Golden Rule and Other True Truisms	p. 291
The Centrality of Wisdom	p. 294
How to Create a Heaven on Earth	p. 297
How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth in Marriage	p. 300
Lesson of the Ants	p. 303
The Age of Ambition	p. 305
Four Hurdles to Success	p. 308
Can Fire and Water Make Peace?	p. 311
Insight Through the Blue Dog	p. 314
Heaven on Earth Is a Choice	p. 317
Many Mothers	p. 319
The Word Is the Way	p. 322
The Invisible Element	p. 324
Relationship: A Means to Consciousness	p. 326
Paradise Now	p. 328
What Is Heaven on Earth?	p. 331
Turning Our Dream of Heaven on Earth into Reality	p. 334
UNICEF at Work	p. 337
Soldiers of Love	p. 341
For Additional Reading	p. 343
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