

A Season of Light, A Season of Darkness—Introduction
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…”
This often-quoted passage of Charles Dickens sums up, for many, the year 2020, and the decade we are just leaving. We are—and will—still be living with the pandemic and other major forces for some time as we struggle to recover.