This pioneering guide book awakens hikers of all ages to the miracles of God's creations along the trail. Each discovery revealed through the book's 27 engaging activities becomes an adventure of the senses and the spirit as hikers recite blessings over natural phenomena, "build a tree" with their bodies, and recreate the rainbow of colors that adorn fields and trees and stones. A special index highlights the connection between key Jewish values and the wonder of nature.
Matt Biers-Ariel writes on two topics: religion and environmental sustainability. His latest book, The Bar Mitzvah and The Beast: One Family's Cross-Country Ride of Passage by Bike combines both topics.
On the religious side, Biers-Ariel is a self-described liberal Bible-thumper. While his writing begins with a close reading of the original biblical or rabbinic text, he is not constrained by the belief that the text is the literal word of God. His writing seeks to uncover truths often ignored in mainstream biblical analysis, and in biblical stories that no longer resonate for him, he is not afraid to revision them.
On the sustainability side, Biers-Ariel reveals how to build a future where Greenland does not become the world's center for pineapple cultivation.
