Cut The News

A number of years ago, I was driving down the road with my wife. She had the news turned on in the car. As the broadcaster gave one piece of bad news after another, she sighed. And then she sighed again. After the third time, I turned off the news. “Why did you do that?” she asked. “Because it is stressing you out. You started listening to the news months ago, and ever since, you have become more and more stressed. You cannot do anything about the things they talk about, which makes you feel hopeless. Why not leave it in God’s hands?”

Worshipping Safety

Mat 6.20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

When the Caronavirus hit America and shocked our healthcare system, officials stated that they needed ‘two weeks” to “flatten the curve.” By taking strong mitigations efforts, officials hoped to slow the spread and the deluge of new patients hitting the hospitals. After all, if the hospitals filled up with COVID patients, then they would struggle to keep up with the normal inflow of the critically sick and injured.

Keep Your Eyes On The Creator

Salutations.

Few would refute just how crazy and insane this year has treated us. COVID, and our reaction to its presence, has fundamentally changed our lives across the board. In the United States, we have also seen strong cultural shifts that continue to push our nation into darker directions. Like most, I made it a point to watch the news daily to find out about the latest developments, often spending an hour or more of what little free time I had. What was going on? What was going to happen next? How would it impact me?

The Problem With Polls

Listen to this article here:

Salutations.

Up until mid-March, I spent little time actually watching news. About fifteen years ago, I gave up cable television in favor of focusing on other forms of entertainment and leisure. Enter the pandemic. Because this event impacts me directly, I have kept a close eye on developments via local and national news. For the last month or so, the news media has delivered non-stop coverage on the COVID crisis. They provide up-to-date infection totals and death rates as well as personal stories of tragedy and good deeds.

Taking Down Crosses

Salutations.

On a fairly regular basis, friends will share with me articles showing acts that range from atheistic to down right anti-Christian or anti religious.  One day, one may show me an article about the a plaque with the ten commandments taken down from a local courthouse.  Another might show me an article where a judge overturned the state’s conservative majority decision to define marriage as one man and one woman.  For a number of years exceeding well over a decade (or more), this steady stream of news bombards me from various angles and directions.

Yet, for me, the only amazing fact about these articles is that my friends find them amazing enough to share with me.