The Call to Unite, Tim Shriver
The Call to Unite, Tim Shriver
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The Call to Unite
Voices of Hope and Awakening

Author: Tim Shriver, Tom Rosshirt

Narrator: Tim Shriver, Tom Rosshirt, Maria Shriver, Cassandra Campbell, Dan Woren, Deepti Gupta, Dominic Hoffman, Kevin R. Free, Robin Miles, Sunil Malhotra, N'Jamah Camara, Tara Sands, Full Cast

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/16/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

From some of our most prominent spiritual and religious leaders, poets and thinkers, singers and writers, a book of wisdom to light our way in dark times.

At the start of 2020, in what felt already like an age of disorder, our world faced one of the gravest global challenges in a century. Covid-19 raced around the earth, and chaos erupted. Yet in the midst of this crisis, billions of human beings responded with love. Across the globe, people sought to connect, whether in person from a socially distant six feet or via a screen from 10,000 miles away.

In that moment, Tim Shriver saw an opportunity for those hungry for community to answer a call to heal, a call to hope, a call to unite. He asked monks and nuns, artists and activists, nurses and doctors, ex-presidents and ex-cons to come together to share messages of inspiration, transformation, and love. This book captures the spirit of that 24-hour event. 

Featuring stories and insights from Bishop TD Jakes, Elizabeth Gilbert, Van Jones, Amy Grant, Dr. Rheeda Walker, Pastor Rick Warren, Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Jewel, Deepak Chopra and many others, The Call to Unite offers readers a book of wisdom to turn to in hard times - filled with prayers, poems, spiritual insights and lessons to live by that will stand the test of time. 

Those seeking affirmation, solace, and inspiration need only look inside for guidance in finding the light in any crisis. Only in embracing each other can we amplify the love that creates our global community. Only in coming together can we be our happiest, and our best.

Read by a full cast of narrators: Mark Bramhall, N’Jamah Camara, Cassandra Campbell, Danny Campbell, Amanda Carlin, Feodor Chin, Kevin R. Free, Deepti Gupta, Dominic Hoffman, Ann Marie Lee, John Lee, Elizabeth Liang, Stephen Mendel, Robin Miles, Sunil Malhotra, Desmond Manny, Arthur Morey, Soneela Nankani, Danny Pardo, Lisa Renee Pitts, Allyson Ryan, Tom Rosshirt, Fred Sanders, Tara Sands, Elliot Schiff, Maria Shriver, Tim Shriver, and Dan Woren

* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of photographs and acknowledgments.

About The Author

Tim Shriver is the founder of UNITE; the longtime Chair of Special Olympics; a bestselling author; a former teacher; a founding force of the social and emotional learning movement; a film producer; a husband; father, and grandfather; and a seeker of unity in society and in himself. Tom Rosshirt is a cofounder of UNITE; a former teacher, White House speechwriter, and Capitol Hill press secretary; syndicated columnist; a married father of two boys; and a lifelong student of meditation and religion trying to understand happiness and help heal human division.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on December 05, 2021

Beautiful reflections from a diverse group of people with a resounding call to be united in love as the only way to persevere during the Covid-19 pandemic. Especially loved “Everybody is a house of God” and “There will be heard again the voice of mirth”.......more

Goodreads review by Clare on July 16, 2021

I loved the first chapter covering the rawness and the pain of the pandemic. As the chapters went on they included essays that started to feel more tone deaf and just didn't connect with me. They also made a big effort in this book to be inclusive of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, which is great I l......more

Goodreads review by Kirsten on August 18, 2021

Great concept, poor delivery. So many contributors that the sections were very short and felt choppy and superficial. I would have preferred fewer pieces that were longer and went deeper. Many famous people's words were included, but read by other performers on the audiobook. I would have preferred......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 09, 2021

I was torn between 3 and 4 stores. The book is more a compilation of offerings for an event rather than a book. But given the timeliness of the subject matter, it is understandable. Wide array of voices - some pithy and others thought provoking. I think this book serves an important function.......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on September 28, 2022

Anything that is uplifting is good!......more

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Praise for The Call to Unite:

“Readers seeking practical or spiritual comfort and inspiration, or as the title suggests, a call to unite through action, will find here a plentiful resource of prayers, poems, and other artistic expressions as a balm for difficult times.”
—Library Journal

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