Gracious reader,
Happy Dominion Day (July 1) to my Canadian readers, and happy Independence Day to my American ones!
Independence Day invites patriotism—but in our divided age, it also exposes a deeper conflict: how to honor a nation whose history is marked by both justice and injustice, beauty and brokenness.
Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic ideal of bea…
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