“With my ALS diagnosis, I was stripped of almost everything I thought was me,” shares Rebecca Talley, using a computer to speak for her. She reflects on these “false identities'' with a new understanding that she holds a deeper identity than her ministry or active hobbies. Even though the loss of speech is extremely difficult, she is still able to communicate the words that God gives her in this new life situation.

Sometimes these words are insights from her own reflection. Other times words come to her, such as a comment exclaimed by a friend who found out Rebecca’s diagnosis at church: “Holy shit!” They are not words that Rebecca would have chosen herself, but they are ones in which she now sees great meaning. “There was nothing more appropriate than what Gayle said that day,” says her husband Tim. “God has, is, and will turn this situation, which is terrible, is crappy, whatever word, use her word, whatever. But he makes it holy.”

Tim and Rebecca call this experience the sacred journey, a path that is not easy but has its own rewards and lessons when you are willing to receive them. Rebecca summed it up in a few words from her own mouth: “It’s worth it.”

2020 will always be remembered for the grand entrance of COVID-19 onto the world stage, but other events also had great and rippling effects. In the US, one of these foremost arenas was that of race relations. Several guests on Faith>Fear offered such valuable perspective and reflection on this conversation that it deserved revisiting. Perhaps these thoughts can remind us of the importance of treating even the most uncomfortable topics with the truth and love of Christ.

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What new decisions and ways of life has COVID forced you into? How many of them are negative changes? Professor and former missionary Shawn Tyler realized that most were positive. Find out more about the changes that Shawn plans to keep in place during this week’s episode.

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Do you join many others in feeling that COVID has actually been a blessing for your family? We can’t deny that some families may have faced more difficulty during this period, however many friends that we talked with on Faith>Fear actually saw their quality time increase and their bonds strengthen. “Busy” can often be an excuse for a lacking investment in family, but the pandemic has revealed that it’s a poor excuse we can’t afford.

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While sobering numbers of infections and deaths are being announced from India, ministries like Ajai Lall’s Central India Christian Mission are focused on other figures. Learn how they are adding to our eternal family in heaven despite the dark times in which India finds itself.

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We all have stood as witness to the ways that a pandemic affects our world on a grand scale. One of the most pronounced arenas of change has been the economy, a fact to which several Faith Greater than Fear guests have attested. Whether an investor, business owner, or fundraiser, each one speaks to real-world challenges met by the faithfulness of God.

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When the pandemic started, you may have heard many saying, “We’re all in this together.” Jon Taylor thinks the truth is a bit different, saying, “We’re all riding out the same storm together, but we’re in different boats.” Learn more about his perspective on the pandemic and how to respond to it in this new episode of Faith>Fear.

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It has often been said that the church is not a building, but as a metaphorical structure, it also has God as its metaphorical foundation. And as we learned time and again during our interviews with church leaders in 2020, God wins against all opposition, whether a worldwide pandemic or the gates of hell. Take a moment to revisit some moments with us as these individuals share the lessons they learned about our critical role as Christ’s body in a time of difficulty.

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Do you hear people when they’re talking to you, or are you just thinking of your reply? If we don’t hear those in front of us, we also might not be giving God space to speak into our lives either. Hear former chaplain and proponent of Clinical Pastoral Education Doug Lawson talk about the importance of truly listening today.

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One of the institutions impacted most by the COVID-19 pandemic has been education. That’s why we made a point of inviting numerous individuals in this field to Faith>Fear over the past year. Listen back to experiences shared by principals, professors, and college administrators as they forged ahead despite great challenges and difficult questions in order to maintain their mission to serve children and students at every level.

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