His message of love — hopeful, expansive, humane — inspired genuine moral progress. It fostered hope that humanity might ultimately converge toward those ideals. In too many parts of the world, that expectation collided with societies that did not share those assumptions.
Two Months to Brave-ish!
Lisa Ellen Niver
July News 2023 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel:
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