I look forward to daily updates via social media from Steven Charleston, former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska and retired dean of the Episcopal Divinity School. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Charleston has devoted much of his life to working for rights and reconciliation among America's indigenous peoples. Here's this morning's update ---
"We live in a moment when the clock runs slow, as if it were weighted down by time itself. The heavy footsteps of hope, trying so hard to climb to higher ground, but pulled down by the weight of growing numbers: rates of infection, number of beds, how many have we lost today, counting and counting again the cost of the virus, the tally of human tears beyond measure. But if these days will be remembered for their pain, they will also be remembered for their courage, for those who stepped forward to meet that pain, to heal it and to carry hope the last mile to mercy. These heroes emerged all around us when we needed them the most: doctors and nurses, hospital staff and school teachers, nursing home workers and delivery drivers, everyday people who went out to vote and everyday people who counted those votes. Quiet heroes who did their deeds of valor by doing their jobs. Yes, we will weep over these dark days, but we will also celebrate. Celebrate because we will honor the heroes of this hour. For all time to come."
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Our political leadership at national and state levels has failed us, and continues to do so, but these everyday heroes have not.
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