I’m Reading: Character Is Destiny

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Stan Guthrie

Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember

By John McCain with Mark Salter

I’ve owned this book for years but have just now started reading it to Evan, my younger son, as an informal way to supplement our teaching about virtue and morality. I think younger kids will have a bit of trouble absorbing this volume in their personal reading, but Character Is Destiny lends itself to good discussions about ethical issues and historical examples of heroism if read aloud by parents. For some reason, my hardcover copy is blue, I think because an older book with the same title, by Russell Gough, is also blue. I suspect that Sen. McCain made a command decision to avoid confusion.

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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