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This pandemic has had ripple effects.  Not only is COVID-19 a potentially deadly virus, but it has also resulted in great distress. The three articles below mentioned some effects of living in a pandemic.

Bible stories: here is one. In 2 kings 5, we find the story of Naaman, The commander-in-chief of the Syrian army. The king of Syria had a high regard for Naaman; had led his troops in many glorious victories- a great hero. But he was a leper.

On Saturday, my daughter, Natalie, and I drove to Owensboro to deliver Christmas gifts to my sister, Marsha.  We had the radio set to one of those stations that plays 24-7 Christmas music.  When “My Favorite Things” began playing, Natalie turned the volume completely down and proclaimed, “Whoever decided “My Favorite Things” should be a Christmas song needs to be drug out into the street and shot!”  I nodded in agreement.  “That is a Julie Andrews’ song, a “Sound o

II Samuel 10 (and II Chron. 19) speaks of a time when David’s kindness was misinterpreted as evil. An assumption was made by the princes of the Ammonites. They thought that David had sent spies into the country (v. 3). He’d not done this. Instead, this was a diplomatic action following Nahash, the Ammonite’s death (v. 2). Yet, because of the princes’ assumption, David’s men were insulted, horribly mistreated, and sent away (v. 4-5). The end result was that the Ammonites hired the Syrians as soldiers, and David and Israel went to war with the Ammonites and Syrians.

The origins of the song “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” can be traced back to the ‘60’s.  1966, in fact was when it was released by Simon & Garfunkel.  It was originally a stand-alone single but was eventually included on the duo’s fourth studio album, Bookends, in 1968.  The song peaked at #13 on the Hot 100.  In 1987, The Bangles record

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is well underway, but it will undoubtedly look different for all of us this year. However, we in the Kentucky General Assembly are doing our best to safely continue legislative business in Frankfort to prepare for the upcoming 2021 Regular Session.

This Thanksgiving I am counting my blessings. Of course, I am thankful for the big blessings: a loving God who hears, my family and friends, our freedoms, and my health and home. I am also thankful for some other blessings, such as the technology for online shopping, for people who step up to help, and for the collective scientific knowledge around the world.

The things that define us- large and small:

-Former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill played his own funeral. When it came off, at close, a trumpeter played TAPS (“goodnight here”)- then REVILEE (“good morning up there”)

My granddaughter does not recognize the four time zones of the continental United States.  She lives in her own time zone.  We (her family) are constantly asking, “Sabria, are you ready? Are you finished yet?

            In Genesis 28:10-18, we read where Jacob had a dream. In this dream, God spoke to him and renewed the promise first made to Abraham (Gen. 13:15-16). Not only was the promise renewed, but in his dream, he saw “a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it” (Gen. 28:12).