We All Need Stories

The common misery of the world feels overwhelming. Petty cruelty; major abominations; selfishness, thoughtlessness; slavery, abandonment, abduction, discrimination, hatred, you know the list, it goes on and on and on and on, and this is one of those weeks where it’s been grating on my soul more than usual, one of those months, one of those years.

It occurs to me that I also haven’t been reading as much as I usually do. I haven’t read as many books this term as I usually would have. And althou...