Being Human in Times that Test the Human Spirit

Some reflections to make sense of it

Job and His Friends by Ilya Respin, 1869 (public domain - Russia State Museum)

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I had initially planned for this week to be a recounting of the Dickensian state of the workforce of late, but more relevant matters have surfaced that require some reflection.

In a year marked by uncertainty, crises, and violence, we’ve been forced again and again to face the fragility of life and the challenge of meaning in suffering. Over the weekend, a triptych of tragedies occurred, from Brown University to Bondi Beach to a horrific double parricide in Los Angeles. Rick Wilson wrote about An Evil Weekend, and my dear friend Lou Paskalis recounted being at Bondi Beach as the…