. ♪ ♪ nose nose ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ken foreman: i once had a bagful of fear.5 cards. i loaded 'em into a bag and took 'em over to a high dive at one of the local high schools. now, i'm a pretty good swimmer but i'm afraid of heights and being on the edge of that board, is that water down there, or is that concrete? and in a sense, we were all on that board together. instead of fearing everything and running, we were facing our fears and rising and we all took that jump together. we are stronger when we are together. fear is contagious but so is faith and that's why i'm so glad

ken foreman: i once had the chance to visit alcatraz, not as an inmate, but on a video shoot just to clarify. we took our cameras to solitary confinement, and in that location, there were certain cells that were known as the hole. they were small, soundproofed, and completely dark. a prisoner would be here all by himself 24 hours a day. have you ever felt like you're all alone? before the pandemic, there was an epidemic of loneliness in our culture, and now those feelings are off the charts. in times like these, we lean into the truth that even when i'm all by myself, i'm never really alone. the good shepherd is with me, and that's what gives me courage. welcome to "living courageously."

ken foreman: over the years, i've had the chance to take several groups from the church on a pilgrimagee day on the tour, there's always this stark contrast. we start the day with going up to the mountain fortress of king herod, 1500 feet in the air. there's a trail you can take all the way to the top. i take the tram because a man's got to know his limitations. and then from there, we go all the way down to the lowest part of the earth, the dead sea, 1388 feet below sea level. and it's the strangest thing, if you put on your bathing suit and wade into the water, you can lay flat on your back

ken foreman: i once had a chance to go skydiving.d being near the open door of an airplane 14,000 feet in the air, are you kidding me? i was terrified. but that's the thing about courage. you know, courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway. i felt fear right up until the time that i jumped. and then soaring through the air at 100 miles an hour, you talk about a total rush. now, one thing that helped me to have courage is that it was a tandem jump. i was literally attached to an instructor. and his nudge is what gave me the guts to take that flying leap of faith.