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Schrödinger’s wedding

Until its surface tension breaks  upon the steward’s tongue – dissipating sweetness,  sweat of vineyard labourers,  honey of the sun-ripened harvest – it is neither water nor wine;  until the jars are filled to overflowing, until a drop is spilled,  … Continue reading

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Water, wine, and justice like an ever-flowing stream

On sabbatical, I visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture. I can’t begin to describe briefly the impact of walking that history of inhumanity and human dignity set up in opposition to one another, the weight of those ceilings, each one a century, and the heaviness of your footsteps as you climb closer to our own day of reckoning. Continue reading

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