Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
7/23: fr. jack
I found out today that Father Jack, a family friend and colleague of my father's, passed away yesterday--certainly not a good thing. But all my memories of Fr. Jack are good. He would be kind when my siblings and I dropped in at my father's campus office, which Fr. Jack shared. He was witty, as I learned when I got older. He acted on the stage with convincing and compelling abandon. He owned his actions in a way that has stuck with me as a model. I am grateful that I knew him and that I got to be touched by his goodness.
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