C.S. Lewis says, “But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; an am never more myself than when I do.” Without exhausting its theological depths, this assertion would seem to form an ideal compliment to the apostle Paul’s admonition to “become all things to all men.” If Lewis’s assessment is accurate, literature offers us an unprecedented opportunity to inhabit a multitude of perspectives, which in turn fosters not only greater empathy and understanding, but also offers the possibility of reconciliation and even transformation. I hope you’ll join me. I also hope you don’t find the idea of “myriad eyes” too off-putting.