Dorothy Day. Frances Perkins, our country’s longest serving labor secretary. St. Monica–and her son, St. Augustine of Hippo– along with George C. Marshall, Samuel Johnson, and others. New York Times columnist and pundit David Brooks
‘ new book looks at what he calls our “eulogy” virtues: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness.
As you can tell by the other short takes here, I’ve been giving this sort of thing much thought this summer. Brooks says he wrote the book to save his own soul and, to some degree, maybe he’s right. Part of any faith journey, of any time of spiritual growth, involves learning from those who went before us, famous or unknown.
I’m particularly intrigued and uplifted by something on the book’s back flap: “Joy is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.” You might say the same about faith.
What’s on your nightstand?
