A long list of accolades makes up the curriculum vitae of Dr. Christopher M. Jones: MIT-educated rocket scientist, holder of four additional degrees including one in physics and another in math from Morehouse College, ordained minister, and first African American gubernatorial nominee by a major party in Arkansas. He also takes great pride in being the father of three daughters and the husband of emergency medicine physician and United States Air Force veteran, Dr. Jerrilyn Jones.
To the list, the Pine Bluff native currently living in Little Rock has recently added “author” with his 30-day devotional, “Quantum Pearls: Finding Spiritual Wisdom in the Mundane Moments (Truth, 2023).”
“Quantum Pearls” are dense bits of wisdom and spiritual energy that can be found buried deep in the mundane moments of ordinary everyday life. Jones says the book “is written for those seeking valuable pearls . . . and . . . to build the skills necessary to uncover the pearls hidden in their own daily activities.”
Each day’s devotional begins with a Bible passage and an anecdote. Then, readers are asked to become engaged writers through answering questions related to the anecdote or readers’ personal experiences. Searching for the pearls throughout the book leads one to the conclusion that is also the title of a chapter: “What you do matters!”
If you are fortunate to have spent time with Dr. Jones, you’ll certainly feel his encouraging, upbeat nature throughout the book’s pages, as you seek and discover your own quantum pearls.
Signed copies of “Quantum Pearls” are available at Wordsworth Books in Little Rock.
Hot Springs native, Erin Wood is a writer, editor, and publisher in Little Rock. She owns and runs www.etaliapress.com. Wood is author of “Women Make Arkansas: Conversations With 50 Creatives” (April 2019) and editor of and a contributor to “Scars: An Anthology” (2015).
