Fear
16 stories explore this theme.
Abraham Leaves Home
Why does growth so often require leaving what is familiar before knowing exactly where you are going?
Jacob Wrestles With God
What changes when you stop running from something and finally wrestle with it directly?
Moses & the Burning Bush
Why does responsibility often arrive before we feel capable of carrying it?
Crossing the Red Sea
Why can uncertain freedom feel more frightening than familiar captivity?
The Twelve Spies
When is caution wisdom, and when is it fear with a convincing argument?
Israel Demands a King
Why do people sometimes trade responsibility for the comfort of being ruled?
David & Goliath
What does courage look like when the odds really are against you?
Saul's Jealousy of David
Why can someone else's rise feel like something is being taken from us?
Elijah After Mount Carmel
Why can achievement fail to give us the meaning or stability we expected from it?
Esther Risks Approaching the King
When does responsibility require risking your own comfort or safety?
Daniel Refuses the King's Food
How do small acts of discipline prepare us for larger tests of character?
Daniel & the Lions' Den
Which principles survive once having them becomes expensive?
Jonah Runs Away
Why do we avoid responsibilities we already know are ours?
The Sermon on the Mount
What if character is partly about governing impulses before they become actions?
Peter's Denial
How much do we really know about our courage until we are genuinely afraid?
The Crucifixion & Resurrection
When suffering cannot be avoided, does it get to decide who you become?