The defining question that shapes self-understanding in today’s world may be this: Is truth given by a reality external to the self (e.g., God or nature) or is truth merely a self-made construction? The poet Emily Dickenson struggled with this fundamental question when she wrote: “Do I know myself only in connection with, even submission to, something beyond self? Or must I make my own meaning in a murky universe?”
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Marilynne Robinson is author of one of the finest novels I have read in the past ten years, Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. More recently she has written a non-fiction work, Absence of Mind, a book exploring the often contentious and misunderstood relationship between science and religion.
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In this week our nation observes Labor Day, I share a link to an essay by Christian philosopher and prolific author Dallas Willard. Though written several years ago, Willard offers us timely consideration of the nature of profession and the ultimate end of business.
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