Fearless Faith

[The body of this article was first shared some fifteen years ago, and it continues to generate robust conversation whenever the topic arises. We have ceremonies to properly dispose of worn flags. Might there be something similar for old Bibles? Oh well, into the abyss once more!]

Nearly every family has them and doesn’t know what to do with them. Should they keep them, throw them out, recycle them or (gasp) burn them with the other paper trash? “They” are the Bibles of generations, some torn, others already in pieces, covers and plates marred and scratched, and never used modernly as a practi...