A Carol for the Despairing
Penned during the Civil War, Longfellow's "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a carol for our age.
Kristen O'Neal
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word apocalypse in the Greek means “uncovering,” and 2018 has been a
year of uncoverings, of pulling back the curtain to reveal the worst
things that people can do to one another. It has uncovered abuse and
corruption at every level—spilled blood, separated families, failure of
justice after failure of justice, each headline hitting so quickly that
it feels impossible to give anything the attention it deserves. There
will be more before the end of the year; there will be more ...
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Friday, December 21, 2018
A Carol for the Despairing
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