Sometimes to fully understand a phenomenon like courage, we have to examine what it means not to have it. So, I am going to tell a story of a famous leader, named Peter, who lacked courage.

The story begins when Jesus is celebrating his last Passover meal with the apostles. He predicted, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.” Additionally, he told Peter that