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Faith & Resilience

Looking for grounding, hope, and meaning amid chaos

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Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism - PART VIII — Hope in the Long Arc of Fascism

Mar 20, 2026

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8 min read

Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism - PART VIII — Hope in the Long Arc of Fascism

Finding Our Way Back After the Darkness Lifts

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Reflections Beyond the Noise: Recognizing the Patterns Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism

Feb 25, 2026

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11 min read

Reflections Beyond the Noise: Recognizing the Patterns Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism

Part V: The Use of Force as a First Language The Line They Intended to Cross

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism: Part III-B — The Consolidation

Feb 12, 2026

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10 min read

Quiet Lessons from the History of Fascism: Part III-B — The Consolidation

How a regime rebuilt itself piece by piece, and how the pattern became visible only when viewed from a distance.

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Political Fatigue

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The Weight of a Paperclip

Jan 27, 2026

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6 min read

The Weight of a Paperclip

The Importance of a Quiet Protest

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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One Step at a Time: Personal Acts that Shape History - Part II: The Refusal

Jan 4, 2026

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5 min read

One Step at a Time: Personal Acts that Shape History - Part II: The Refusal

Rosa Parks did not set out to make history that day.

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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When Faith Becomes a Weapon

Dec 29, 2025

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6 min read

When Faith Becomes a Weapon

Part VI - Standing at the Threshold

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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When Faith Becomes a Weapon Part V - The Quiet Rise of Christian Exceptionalism

Dec 28, 2025

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7 min read

When Faith Becomes a Weapon Part V - The Quiet Rise of Christian Exceptionalism

How Intolerance Moves from the Margins to the Mainstream

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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When Faith Becomes a Weapon

Dec 23, 2025

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4 min read

When Faith Becomes a Weapon

Introduction: A Watershed Moment

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Winter at Valley Forge

Dec 20, 2025

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5 min read

Winter at Valley Forge

Part II - Echoes Through the Trees

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Winter at Valley Forge

Dec 19, 2025

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4 min read

Winter at Valley Forge

Part I — Winter at Valley Forge: A Winter Watch

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Awakening to Awareness

Dec 14, 2025

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4 min read

Awakening to Awareness

Part IV – Overcoming the Walls of Group Identity

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Part II: Echoes of Division

Nov 29, 2025

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4 min read

Part II: Echoes of Division

Nov 2025: From the computer of a concerned citizen

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Part I: Ashes of the Union

Nov 28, 2025

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4 min read

Part I: Ashes of the Union

Circa: 1863 – From the desk of a concerned citizen

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Part I: Thanksgiving – Tradition and DramaNew Post

Nov 26, 2025

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3 min read

Part I: Thanksgiving – Tradition and DramaNew Post

Late 1990s – Thanksgiving Day - Albuquerque, NM

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Part II - Fear and Loathing in a Cornfield, Revisited

Nov 23, 2025

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2 min read

Part II - Fear and Loathing in a Cornfield, Revisited

Nov 2024 - 2025: A Year of Political Chaos

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Faith & Resilience

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Part I - Fear and Loathing in a Cornfield

Nov 22, 2025

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2 min read

Part I - Fear and Loathing in a Cornfield

Fall 1959: Deep within a Nebraska cornfield

Gary Sims
Gary Sims

Reflections Beyond the Noisse

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