Hardness of heart is an abomination to the cultivation of soul.

We are moving house soon.  In the midst of packing and envisioned arrangements, the privilege of such preoccupations takes my breath away.  Often, the mundane attending to everyday tasks of family life will unexpectedly elicit a sweeping sense of heartbreak when consciousness seizes upon the fact and fates of the many families and children in…

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For one of the three bookclubs I’m in, I began reading an autobiography written by a man who has been absolutely shredded in body and soul by a lifetime of intense abuse. He gave fair warning in the prelude, in words that provided no hint that there was peace or hope or reaffirmation waiting at…