Why are we so resistant to the talk of character? I’m more and more convinced that our repeated tiny choices, habits, virtues, our intentional commitment to the good, are the things that make us any use at all, if we are. https://twitter.com/oDTransform/status/1295667487250567168

This by John Lewis before his death reminds me again of how deep I want to sink myself in the Christian non-violent tradition, itself largely a product of black theology: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.html

“let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate..and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression&war. So I say to you, walk with the wind,brothers and sisters,and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide”