Michael Gerson: instead of suffering in silence, we can rest in it

In her novel “Gilead,” Marilynne Robinson tells the story of an elderly minister trying to leave his son an account of his life’s work. There are boxes of carefully written sermons. But as the minister nears death, he focuses on one lesson: “Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. You don’t have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. Only, who could have the courage to see it?”


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