John E. Wade II, a businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana, felt a real heart’s yearning for Heaven on Earth. Taking action on his yearning, he compiled and edited a significant book on the subject, How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth: 101 insightful essays from the world’s greatest thinkers, leaders, and writers. John believes there are ten elements that are essential to do this: Peace, Security, Freedom, Democracies, Prosperity, Spiritual Harmony, Racial Harmony, Ecological Harmony, Health, and Moral Purpose and Meaning.
His book has contributions from both Barack Obama and George W. Bush, among many others. When I asked him why he’d included both of them, who are clearly from different ends of the political spectrum, he said, “If we’re going to create Heaven on Earth, we’ll need everyone.”
John’s next step was to ask four people, including myself, to co-author a new book with him, Glimpses of Heaven on Earth: Inspiring Quotations and Insightful Essays, published in 2014.
John continues writing and publishing on his heart’s yearning, Heaven on Earth.
Martin Rutte
