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Title: Long winded indeed!
Review: As usual, M. Lerner has wonderful ideas. But he hits you over the head with them in "Spirit Matters". So, one, this reader, begins to wonder about the author's aim? Does he practise what he preaches or does he preach to hear himself preach? Does this spirituality on-the-page rise from authentic practise? Are these words full or empty?It's hard to know. I have read several of Mr. Lerner's other books, notably "Jewish Renewal". There, and here too, after overcoming the sea-sickness his prose style begets, I have to wonder: Is his focus on selflessless real? Does He find God in everyone he meets, as he suggests? Something about the tone of tenacity and endless loquacity in "Spirit Matters" has the quality of protesting too much. Lerner is exhaustive, yes, fine: but the writer is equally: Exhausting. Closing this book, I wondered: Does he walk the talk? Or does he just talk (and talk...)?I'd give this book 1 star except that the ideas, however wordily conveyed, are good ideas.
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