Can reflection, meditation, and "moral leisure" survive the Twitter age? And can leisure actually foster virtue and character?  At 12:00 noon on October 27^th the Family Research Council will hold its 2011 Witherspoon Lecture, "Time, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Virtue." Gerson Moreno-Riano, Ph.D., Dean of Undergraduate Studies and associate professor of government at Regent University, will explore the vital role that time and leisure play in our pursuit of virtue. Dr. Moreno-Riano suggests that our contemporary American distraction and busy-ness undermines our ability to develop moral capital. But while our misuse of time and leisure threatens our both our public and private morality, Dr. Moreno-Riano offers hopeful remedies to recover and reverse the effects of this crisis.

Named for Declaration of Independence signer and Princeton president John Witherspoon, the annual lecture named after him features a speaker whose contributions to scholarship, culture, or public service are substantial and reflect Rev. Witherspoon's patriotism, dedication, and selflessness.