In Losing Moses on the Freeway, Chris Hedges, veteran
war correspondent and author of the bestselling War Is a
Force That Gives Us Meaning, delivers an impassioned,
eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments.
Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial
issues of our time, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at
Harvard Divinity School, explores the challenge of living
according to these moral precepts we have tried to follow,
often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. The
commandments, he writes, do not save us from evil. Instead
they save us from committing evil.
Inspired by
unyielding faith, rigorous moral scrutiny, and a fierce
sense of social responsibility, Hedges offers a breathtaking
meditation on modern life. Losing Moses on the
Freeway illustrates how the commandments usually choose
us -- and how we are rarely able to choose them. We cannot
protect ourselves from theft, greed, adultery, or envy, nor
from the impulses that lead us to commit evil acts. In
honoring the commandments, we free ourselves from
self-worship and are called back to the healing solidarity
of community. It is in the self-sacrifice championed by the
commandments that integrity, commitment, and, finally, love
are made possible.
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