Thinking of Albert Camus, who died Jan 4, an unbeliever who cast his life squarely on the side of those who resist lies, torture, and injustice, and who never despaired of finding Christian allies in the struggle.
Conversation
Reading his Letters to a German Friend (1943)—he writes with compassion for those who bought into a conception of national “greatness” built on disdain for the weak, a conception of heroism divorced from justice, and power absent from truth.
“We shall meet soon again—if possible. But our friendship will be over. You will be full of your defeat. You will not be ashamed of your former victory. Rather, you will longingly remember it with all your crushed might.”
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