Freedom – The Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell, one of America’s most-cherished independence symbols, was cast in 1752 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which also made London’s world-famous “Big Ben.” Always defective, this bell had finally cracked irreparably in 1835.
During the 1976 bicentenary, America’s Procrastinators’ Club contacted Whitechapel, light-heartedly enquiring about warranty terms. Whitechapel’s reply was equally light-hearted: “We regret your inconvenience and will replace the bell free of charge - if you return the damaged one to us in its original packaging."
The Liberty Bell mirrors a common view of freedom: a noble ideal, but with a dysfunctional crack between our dreams and our day-to-day grind; that distorts freedom into escapism instead of the integrating power that God offers.

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