Hey, everybody. This is Father John Ricardo with Acts 29. And in the middle of all the craziness

and the uncertainty that's going on right now, it seems from our perspective as a team that it's

worth using these days to reflect in a more deliberate way on the scriptures every day, which

for many of us now is the only spiritual food that we're receiving. And so we're going to do a special podcast series simply entitled,

Be Not Afraid, God's Word in Uncertain Times.

And we'll try to post something every day, usually reflecting on the scriptures,

so that we can listen in on what God is trying to say to us in these days.

So it seems as though every phone call,

whether it's to family or to friends or to people

even that we work with or do business with begins with a,

how are you doing?

And sometimes we say that to people, and it really doesn't mean what it says.

It's really more like, hi.

We really don't want to know how they're doing.

At least that's how it appears sometimes.

But right now in this time of social distancing, it's pretty legit.

Every call before we get into business with people, it's just a, hey, what's going on?

How are you doing? You okay? How can I pray for you? How you feeling? How's this impacting

you? How's the family? Whatever it might be. More than any time I can remember, I feel more recollected.

Perhaps it's just because I'm not moving very much.

I'm tired of sitting in this chair, get outside, go for a walk,

even played some golf the other day, but we're just not as active as we typically are,

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