The Wisdom of “Les Miserables”

A deep sadness fills me when I reflect on Judas’ betrayal of his friend Jesus of Nazareth. I don’t know the moment at which this chosen disciple gave up on hope, when the light in his creative imagination flickered and died. But it had by the time the band of brothers gathered for what turned [...]

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It took longer than expected, but The Wisdom of Les Miserables: Lessons From the Heart of Jean Valjean saw the light for the first time yesterday, March 4. When I first set forth to write a book, I feel like a sculptor standing before a block of marble. The sculptor knows that the statue he [...]

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