Cover Designs for The Tao Te Ching, a New English Translation with Christian Meditations

About the cover of The Tao Te Ching, a New English Translation with Christian Meditations:

In eastern thought the moon is often seen as something far away and ungraspable while at the same time illuminating the world. The moon is the mild side of the sun, and in Isaiah 30:26 is seen as the prefigurment of the blazing sunlight of the New Jerusalem. The landscape under the moon is subtle and not harsh or imposing, which is how Lao Tzu describes his Tao or Way. Under the moon a pathway is not completely distinct from the forest which surrounds it, and as both Lao and Jesus point out, the Way is something we must look for and discover as we live each day.

In The Tao Te Ching and the Christian Way the fundamental path of morality and the spiritual life, East and West, converge as we seek and little by little find the riches of the Way of Life.

- Joseph Petulla, author of the book