Reaching The Remnant

Reaching the Remnant

by Michael Coughlin

Working the trenches for causes one believes deeply in can often be a lonely and unforgiving struggle against disappointment.  So, how does one maintain his or her balance during the dark days?  While it isn’t easy, a fighter must remember there are other people who share their values and the struggle is to discover them–or, more likely, permit them to discover you.  Those people are the Remnant, made famous by the great American writer Frank Chodorov.  So, when my daughter was suffering under a barrage of disappointment and criticism, I reminded her of the Remnant.