Book Excerpt: The Golden Rule Isn’t Always Enough

Book Excerpt: The Golden Rule Isn’t Always Enough

As promised, here’s an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Bridges to Consensus, Chapter, pp. 14-15: Just as we all agree that we should drive carefully, defensively and alertly, we embrace basic principles of how to deal with one another. Many religious leaders, philosophers...
Forgiveness and Reconcilliation

Forgiveness and Reconcilliation

I had to share this story from “The Good News Network. (Be patient; it takes awhile to load.) It concerns a young American, Amy Biehl, who went to South Africa toward the end of the anti-apartheid movement, just before Nelson Mandela became president. She joined...
Good News X 3

Good News X 3

As you all may have noticed, I haven’t posted to my blog in awhile. But I haven’t been idle! I’ve been laying the groundwork for some new things I know you’ll like. Good News Item 1: I’d been vacillating for a year or so about what book...
Persuading the Contrary Mind

Persuading the Contrary Mind

I’m an owl, not a lark. I like to stay up late and get up correspondingly late. But recently, I’ve tried to shift to a slightly earlier schedule. Yet, I’ve done just the reverse–stay up even later. Tuesday, I lay down with a book in the...
Contagious Kindness

Contagious Kindness

We know that, when we perform kind acts for others, we help ourselves even more than we help them. Kindness is one of the best ways to cope with the misfortunes and worries in our own lives. It distracts us from our cares and gives us serenity, fulfillment, and joy....