Be Brave, and Give Thanks

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Be Brave, and Give Thanks

Courage and Gratitude: Virtues We Need to Wake the Woke World

Debra Esolen

Apr 21, 2023

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And with a great groan Jesus gave up the ghost. Then his disciples fled.

When the barbarian warlord Clovis first heard the account of the Crucifixion, he is said to have shaken his head and said, “If only I had been there with my Franks!” “If only we had been there,” we say. Why? What would we have done?

The disciples fled because they were in danger of t…

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