One of the last things Elinor Simentov wants is to be a prophet of God, but God has other plans.A Jewish woman of no particular renown, Elinor is told by God to give a warning to all who will listen. Will she serve as a prophet, sacrificing her goals for herself, self-image, and reputation in order to do something that may be completely useless?God’s message is simple. Humankind must radically change course or face extinction. To give warning, God uses prophecy to urge humans to change. Transported through past, present, and horrific potential futures, Elinor is asked to share her visionary experiences and conversations with God to urge us to take action.As we are barraged month after month by once-in-a-lifetime storms, record-setting heat waves, shifting polar vortexes, horrendous floods, and decades long droughts, it’s hard to continue to ignore the signs and omens. The Path to God’s Promise combines dire warnings about climate change with the transformative power of prophetic experience. It asks whether or not it is too late for us to save ourselves and challenges us to live vastly different lives.
Ahuva Batya (Constance) Scharff, PhD is an internationally recognized speaker and award-winning author. She speaks and writes on the topics of addiction and trauma recovery, the psychological impacts of climate change, women’s leadership, and decolonizing mental health. She is the founder of the Institute for Complementary and Indigenous Mental Health Research and a passionate advocate for access to mental healthcare and radical social transformation to lessen the impacts of climate change. Her nonfiction books center around using complementary mental health practices to improve treatment outcomes. Her poetry and fiction highlight spiritual experience and connection to the divine. The Path to God’s Promise is her first novel.
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6 reviews
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An entreaty to take care of Earth—and each other
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A climate call to action woven through with spiritualism and humanity
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Dr. Celia Nyamweru, Professor (Emerita) Anthropology, St. Lawrence University
A gripping and thoughtful read infused with the richness of Jewish culture.
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Rabbi Zelig Golden, Founder, Wilderness Torah
A riveting, intimate tale, with far-reaching cultural consequence…
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Dr. Paul Robinson, Professor and Director (Emeritus) Human Needs and Global Resources, Wheaton Colleg
This novel…presents both cataclysmic and hopeful alternatives; the choice is ours.
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Rabbi Natan Margalit, PhD, Author, The Pearl and the Flame: A Journey into Jewish Wisdom and Ecological Thinking
The Path to God’s Promise…drew me in and kept me turning the pages
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