Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr. got to know the late George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, for more than a decade. He chronicles their lives, deaths, and what he learned from them in his new book, 'Witness to Dignity.'
Rev. Russell Levenson, Jr. of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston with former first lady Barbara Bush and former President George. H.W. Bush after a morning worship service. Levenson details his friendship with the Bushes and what he learned from them and how they lived their faith in his new bookIn the years since former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara's deaths, a number of books have come out about the couple's lives and political careers. But Rev.
"The current climate in which we are living and the way in which politics and public leadership has, I think, in so many ways become so difficult, so challenging, so divided," he said,"we have now a season in our nation and perhaps even our world when people forget that it's really important for people in positions of leadership to find ways to work together for the greater good.
I think he and Barbara sought out people that were very different from themselves and were able to accomplish remarkable things because they really sought the greater good. And I think a lot of that was shaped by their faith. I don't think they used their faith to further their policies or get out front. You know, you never saw them kind of wear it on their sleeve. But I'm clear that their faith shaped who they were.
So I think if you pick up the book, I tell people toward the end, you know, I think it provides a roadmap for people to understand how to serve one another and serve the causes that they believe in. Because I think the president and Bar did that in such a wonderful way and such that really they were giving up till the last minuteI'm not sure we've made a lot of progress on that.
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