Cultural comfort blankets

Every day reminded me that all of creation is groaning for redemption.

Crossing the Culture Angeline Liles

Waking up each morning over the summer to news reports: terrorist attacks on trains and explosions in major cities; American police officers using their guns as a first resort against unarmed African-Americans and the ensuing protests; an attempted military coup in Turkey; devastating floods; train collisions; and the ever-looming spectre of a new American President.