Books That Matter
- DG: You've done a number of things in your life - give us a few of your career highlights.
- LAT: Before owning a consulting company and delivering over 3,000 seminars, I was a Dean at three different colleges, and before that, a psychologist and professor, and prior to that, an artist. I've had the privilege of working in Ethiopia and Siberia, and now in Mexico. Researching my newest books and articles has been very fulfilling.
- DG: What's next on your list?
- LAT: LAT: Well, there are another four books outlined, and we've talked about some travel. But I'd like to do many more readings and discussions from the Letters book, here and in the US. Also, I'm feeling drawn to apply my conflict resolution background to the problem of schism - those painful differences in churches and other groups.
- DG: How about an excerpt from your new Letters book that encapsulates what it is about?
- LAT: LAT: The aim of the book is to encourage, comfort, and strengthen. It opens: "Once in a very great while, more often if you're incredibly lucky, joy will drop into your life..." I want very much for this little book to be a tool for increasing the reader's skill, understanding, commitment, and, yes, joy.