Now, when I listen to people talk about light and darkness, it is easy to become despondent about the odds of redeeming the dark. “That was a really dark movie,” a friend says, describing a film in which the villain killed people as casually as he picked his teeth. “I am in a dark place right now,” another says while she waits for the results of a pathology report. “Jesus is the light of the world,” someone else says to her by way of consolation. “Just remember that. Even when it’s so dark you can’t see God, God can still see you.” I cannot remember the last time I heard anyone use “dark” to
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