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Article: Doing the best we can: the example of Jimmy Carter.(former president Jimmy Carter)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- April 9, 1997
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I have a friend who is tormented by the thought that she does not do enough to solve the problems of environmental destruction and excessive consumerism. As a deeply religious person, she is continually concerned about these issues, but feels she never does enough. My friend might learn something from the example of Jimmy Carter, who has lived by the conviction that all God expects of us is that we do the best we can with what we have.
It might appear anything but comforting to compare one's efforts to that of a former president, but the theme of Peter Bourne's book Jimmy Carter: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Postpresidency (Scribner) is that Carter ...