Fear Must Go
“Fear Must Go” (Luke 1:68-79)
The psychiatrist Karl Menninger said, “Fears are educated into us, and can, if we wish, be educated out.” If that’s true, it begs the question; “Should we be afraid of God or is that something that was educated into us?”
Ryan Phipps is the Senior Minister at Church In Bethesda.
Raised in the church, becoming a pastor was the one thing Ryan vowed he would never do. After spending many years away from faith, he found that for all of its flaws, the church can still occupy a unique place of good in the world if it is willing to evolve with reason and empathy.
Ryan has a special place in his heart for those who have been damaged or disillusioned by the church, and longs to lead those within it toward a more just and generous expression of itself.
Ryan has pastored churches in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Manhattan, New York City. He is also the host of Meditations For The Metro, a podcast of daily devotions for people with busy lives, writes music under the pseudonym, “Saturne,” and is a former contributor to the Huffington Post.