Guest columnists Steven Botkin and Rob Okun: Light at the dark of the year
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Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing
and right-doing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
—Rumi
With the winter solstice a few days away, people are gathering in ritual and celebration — lighting candles and kindling fires in the darkness. We believe this act of bringing light into the world at the darkest times makes a difference. As 2020 draws to a close, the darkness has never before felt more dark and the yearning for light more urgent.