June 2021

Dean’s Column | June 2021

Dear Friends,  I have long been a fan of the late USC philosophy professor, Dallas Willard. His insights were profound and his demeanor  disarming and engaging. Few insights seem as prescient as his argument that we must “ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our lives.” To be clear, Willard wasn’t arguing that our pace of life was a physical problem, he simply claimed that we cannot expect to reflect and grow unless we slow down. This seems to particularly apply to those of us who delight...