All the Bright Lines Behind Us

There is still time to act before the darkness fully overtakes us.

Like some of you, I’ve spent the last two weeks participating in services marking the Jewish High Holidays, which mark the end of one year and the beginning of the next. My status as a Christian participant observer to the tradition, I’ve come to realize, means that while I’ll never experience the deep resonance these Days of Awe have for my spouse, my …