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The Quicksand Lesson at Morecambe Bay

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Along the tidal flats of Morecambe Bay in northwest England, local guides have led travelers across the shifting sands for over five centuries. Cedric Robinson,...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Exodus 14:13-14.

Along the tidal flats of Morecambe Bay in northwest England, local guides have led travelers across the shifting sands for over five centuries. Cedric Robinson, the Queen's Guide to the Sands for nearly fifty years, taught every group the same counterintuitive lesson before they set out: if you step into quicksand, do not thrash. Do not kick. Do not run.…

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Exodus 14:13-14

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