A Leaven In The World . . . David Brooks And Oprah: Two Approaches To God
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK “Inside every overweight woman is a woman she knows she can be.” Weight loss commercials start up again in earnest every year as soon as the Christmas sales tail off. Oprah, the queen of weight loss as well as pretty much every other self-help program, features most recently in one of these ads wherein she appeals to the real woman inside of every woman fighting obesity or simply wanting to shed a few pounds. She assigns virtue to every time she tried and failed and tried again to lose weight and become once again that inner person she envisions and desires to be. David Brooks recently published a book calling for a return to character…Continue Reading