Maybe fifteen or twenty years ago I remember someone asking me who my hero was. And I didn’t have an answer. There were people I admired, or learned from, but no one who, in my mind, qualified as a “hero.”
The idea of a hero seems almost quaint in these sophisticated, over-informed times. Everyone has a flaw, everyone is morally questionable. Everyone in the public eye wilts under the burning glare of the always-on information stream and unrealistic expectations.
Walking with Justice, by Dr. Mollie Marti, stares into the sarcastic glare and outshines it.
In brief, Mollie served as clerk to Federal Judge Max Rosenn (1910-2006), and Judge, as she and countless others called him, became more than just a legal mentor to her. The book uses Mollie’s own stories from her time with Judge to illustrate how he carried compassion and justice not just on the bench, but throughout his personal life.
This book gave me hope. It gave me hope that there are indeed heroes in this world. It gave me hope that there are people of deep love, compassion, caring and integrity serving in many areas of our society.
The stories told, the lessons drawn from those stories, and the profound sense of love, devotion and integrity is transformational.
You can get the book here: Walking with Justice.
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Thank you for reading and sharing your Walking with Justice experience with your tribe.
Judge was a hero to so many and he continues to guide our choices and lives. It’s been an honor beyond description to share his wise example and inspiration with others.
I’m grateful to hear that this story reminded you that there is deep love, compassion, caring and integrity serving in many areas of our society. There is!! And each of us is being called to bring this type of goodness to a world in desperate need.
Thank you, Mark, for all you do to walk this out in your life!
I love that book! Very interesting title ” Walking with Justice”, with that it reminds people that we do live in imperfections but someone in someplace appear to be perfect by doing our actions in a better way through putting justice in it.