12.15.08
Insights from Chuck Colson
Chuck Colson writes on CNN that “If anyone knows how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich feels right now, I do.”
Colson, who served seven months in prison due on Watergate related charges, talks about what motivates people to act in the manner Blagojevich is accused of acting. He cautions that we are raising our children “to become not only self-obsessed, but obsessed with personal power. Quaint-sounding virtues such as courage, honesty and prudence — historically considered the elements of character — are no match for a society in which the exaltation and gratification of self becomes the overriding goal of life.”
Read the whole article … it’s worth it.