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The episode discusses finding strength through Psalm 138 in the face of troubling events, including a grim crime in Bel Air, Maryland, and reflects on the implications of our actions and priorities.

Drop us a note about the podcast. A few lines from Psalm 138 can hit differently when life feels dangerous, unfair, or out of control. We start there, then we face a grim headline out of Bel Air, Maryland: the rape and murder of Rachel Moran and the arrest that followed after a DNA match. It is heavy, but we do not linger for shock. We use it to ask a harder question: what do our actions, votes, and loyalties actually reveal about our character and priorities? From that tension, we turn to...

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