Tag: freedom
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Fear That Heals, Not Harms
Learning the Fear of the Lord in a Fear-Filled World We live in an age saturated with fear. Fear of violence. Fear of rejection. Fear of the future. Fear of being “othered.” Fear of not having enough. Fear whispers constantly that we are alone and unprotected. Yet Scripture speaks of a very different kind of…
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Truth and Brightness: Telling the Whole Story of America
Recently, President Trump criticized the Smithsonian museums for putting “too much emphasis” on slavery and not enough on the brightness of America. His words made me pause, because they touch on something I’ve wrestled with for a long time. When I was in school, we were never really taught the full ugliness of slavery or…
The Curious Pilgrim 