The common good and the quality of our life together will finally be determined by the personal decisions we all make. The ‘commons’ – those places where we come together as neighbours and citizens to share public space – will never be better than the quality of human life, or the human flourishing, in our own lives and households.
Jim Wallis is a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, and international commentator on ethics and public life. He recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships and currently serves as the vice chair of the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum.
