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The Light From The Dark

The Light From The Dark

If goodness seems dull, think about radical evil

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US Capitol police officer being crushed in door by January 6 mob

Our only health is the disease
If we obey the dying nurse
Whose constant care is not to please
But to remind of our, and Adam’s curse,
And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse.

— T.S. Eliot, from “East Coker”

This may sound strange, but sometimes, when I am spiritually dry, one of …

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