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The Daily Article

Engineer builds backyard squirrel obstacle course, video goes viral: A psalm that leads to 'unhurried serenity and peace and power'

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, News, Daily News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR JUNE 23, 2020

When an engineer built a squirrel obstacle course, the video went viral. Today's podcast tells his story, then we focus on a biblical response to loneliness that leads to "a life of unhurried serenity and peace and power."

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This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

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To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit

0:12.5

thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

0:19.4

Our latest book is now available.

0:22.2

In Seven Deadly Sins,

0:23.8

how our oldest temptations can lead you from vice to virtue.

0:27.8

Ryan Denison and Dr. Jim Denison

0:29.8

investigate the biblical and historical significance

0:32.9

of the seven deadly sins.

0:35.0

But how can pride, envy, wrath,

0:37.3

slothfulness, greed, gluttony, and lust

0:39.6

actually point you to God? Visit dailyarticle.org today to find out. That's daily article.org.

0:49.3

A former NASA engineer named Mark Rober decided to become a bird watcher. He set out a bird

0:55.8

feeder, but it soon attracted more squirrels than birds. He tried several different versions,

1:02.0

all of which claimed to be squirrel-proof, but each time the squirrels were smarter than the feeders,

1:07.5

and their owner. So Rober decided to create the ultimate backyard squirrel obstacle course.

1:13.6

To get to a treasure trove of walnuts, the squirrels had to negotiate a suspension ladder,

1:18.9

a maze, launch pads, and other assorted challenges. Before long, they had mastered the course.

1:25.9

Here's why I'm writing about Mark Rober's invention.

1:29.0

The video telling its story has been viewed nearly 29 million times. I am now one of them

1:35.2

and was thoroughly entertained. The Wall Street Journal has many more stories like this one.

1:43.7

During the pandemic, as people have been isolated, lonely, and bored,

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