The next 250 years: A legacy of sacred rebellions informs and inspires today’s faith shapers
On July 8, 1776, with the newly minted Declaration of Independence in his hands, Colonel John Nixon read to the crowd gathered at Philadelphia’s State House Yard — one of America’s earliest public…
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