The Mindful Bard: A Call to Action

by Wanda Waterman
The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 31 2014-08-08

Book: A Call to Action

Author: Jimmy Carter

“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
– Matthew 10:16 NIV

“Violence against women is the most prevalent and the most hidden injustice in our world today.”
– Jim Wallis, as quoted in A Call to Action

One dilemma of North American voters is that elections are often little more than strategic popularity contests. Contests in which the prevailing beliefs of resistant portions of the electorate are upheld just long enough to win votes; promises and alliances are often tossed away like dishrags once a position of power has been achieved. (Read the rest here.)