Celebrity Toast

A folly I was forced to abandon long ago is the desire to be celebrated; instead, I learned that those who obey God are far more likely to be lionized in the sense of being eaten than of being exalted.

S. M. Hutchens is a senior editor and longtime writer for Touchstone.

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