Beekeeping at a baseball game and Kentucky Derby hats on Star Wars Day
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 3 May 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
A swarm of bees delayed the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers until a beekeeper could come and transport them safely off-site. Meanwhile, as jockeys and horses prepare for the Kentucky Derby’s 150th running tomorrow, hat makers have been preparing spectacularly colorful designs for women in the stands. Today we explore the biblical interpretation of Leo Tolstoy’s words: “The meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.”
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. It's Friday, May the 3rd, 2024, and this is the Daily Article Podcast. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:14.7 | How can you find meaning in life? Have you considered beekeeping? Unless you live in Phoenix, Arizona and have needed pest control, |
| 0:22.6 | you likely had not heard of Matt Hilton before last Tuesday. That was when a swarm of bees along the netting behind Home Plate delayed the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| 0:35.6 | Matt got the call and came to the rescue, vacuuming the bees into a container and transporting them safely off-site. |
| 0:43.3 | The stadium played holding out for a hero while he worked and fans chanted MVP when he was done. |
| 0:51.3 | Here's another option. You could make hats for the Kentucky Derby. |
| 0:55.3 | From its inception, the oldest continuous sporting event in America was intended to provide a |
| 1:01.6 | spectacle both on the track and among the spectators. As jockeys and horses prepare for the |
| 1:07.4 | Kentucky Derby's 150th running tomorrow, |
| 1:11.2 | hatmakers have been preparing spectacularly colorful designs for women in the stands. |
| 1:16.6 | Here's yet a third approach. |
| 1:18.5 | You could join fans the world over who will take part in Star Wars Day tomorrow. |
| 1:24.6 | The date is special to them because it is May 4th. Consequently, they can recite the |
| 1:30.4 | litany. May the 4th be with you. Leo Tolstoy's advice seems ironically appropriate in this context. |
| 1:38.9 | The meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. How can Christians experience such meaning? |
| 1:46.8 | This week we've been focusing on foundational, cultural issues |
| 1:49.8 | in light of the fact from John 1, verses 4 through 5, |
| 1:53.5 | that Jesus is the light of men whose light shines in the darkness |
| 1:58.0 | and the darkness does not overcome it. |
| 2:00.7 | One way we can continue Jesus' ministry as the body of Christ in the world today, |
| 2:05.6 | according to 1st Corinthians 1227, is to focus our light where the room is the darkest. |
| 2:12.0 | We read in Matthew 4, verse 16, that our Lord came to those dwelling in the region and shadow of death. |
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