John Simmons tells a story about a nine year-old boy named Jesse who had some bar charts he wanted John to see. He was a student in one of Chicago’s troubled West Side schools. We’re talking here about a third grade boy who’s proud of a bar graph — something utterly remarkable — but to…Read More
A recent sermon at St. Bart’s by Buddy Stallings spoke eloquently to me about spiritual pride and how it’s holding all of us back. It’s called “A Simple Story Hits Home” and is essentially a lesson in how to live without looking down on anyone else. That’s an idea most of us would endorse, on…Read More
Reader Response
In good and evil
From a friend, thoughts on The Constant Choice: Here are a few points that really struck me. You convey how one’s own world view deeply affects the ability one has to navigate in life, to respond and to contribute. Most of us are not even aware of the fact that we hold different worldviews–consciously or…Read More
It’s encouraging to see more tempered rhetoric about climate change in light of the fact that we’re in a 15-year plateau of global temperatures which climate skeptics cite as evidence that global warming has stopped. Climate change proponents have adopted a less strident tone, allowing for what science still doesn’t know about the pace of…Read More
It is an incredible story and there are many interwoven dimensions that are moving and captivating. I love the interplay among a very personal history, the political context, the moral and philosophical questions and the deep spiritual quest that underlines it all. I find this approach powerful as it is the expression of a holistic…Read More
