Do The Right Thing
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In my latest book, Love God, Love Everybody: Following Jesus In Our Divided World, I wrote an entire chapter entitled "Love God and Do What You Want." I paused momentarily and read that sentence, realizing it sounded like a shameless plug or a bit la-ti-da, if you know what I mean. But then I thought about the fact that there is this book I wrote that has a chapter with the aforementioned title, and I have to admit---that's pretty cool. I loved writing that chapter, if you must know. The basic premise is that when pursuing a relationship with God, you tend to love the things God loves. So what you do after that is pretty much what God wants, too. It wasn't an original thought. I partly borrowed it from St. Augustine, who coined the phrase this way, "Love God, and do what you will." There was another quote that I almost included in that chapter that I wish I had. It's from author Maya Angelou's classic work on race in America, I Know Why