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The Slough of Despond

I’ve never read Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. I may yet. But I don’t think anyone actually has to read it to understand the metaphor of the Slough of Despond.

We’ve all been there, right? We’ve been there personally (whether it’s losing a loved one or a job, an illness, a family crisis) and we’ve been there as a country/internatio…