Fish falling from the sky and the end of BlackBerry
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 4 January 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Fish are raining down in Texarkana. A mid-Atlantic snowstorm threatens millions. Omicron escalates. The unpredictability of life demands that we make the most of the time we’re given. In The Daily Article for January 4, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison discusses the fallacy of time management, the fact that “my times are in your hand” (Psalm 31:15), and a story of Dr. Gary Cook’s courage that Dr. Denison will never forget.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast for Tuesday, January 4th, 2022. |
| 0:09.9 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:16.5 | You know, the year has gotten off to a strange start when you read the headline, |
| 0:24.8 | residents of East Texas town report fish falling from sky. It seems this happened during a storm last Wednesday in Texarkana, |
| 0:29.2 | a city in the northeast border of Texas and Arkansas. |
| 0:33.7 | Experts say fish can rain from the sky when water spouts pick them up from lakes and ponds and then drop them back to the ground. |
| 0:41.3 | However, meteorologists can find no evidence of water spouts in the area last Wednesday or a fish landing near bodies of water. |
| 0:50.3 | One meteorologist said, we're kind of confused as to how it happened as well, to be |
| 0:56.6 | honest. The good news is that no injuries due to falling fish have been reported. The same cannot be |
| 1:05.3 | said of another natural phenomenon. The biggest mid-Atlantic snowstorm in years placed 29 million people |
| 1:14.6 | under winter alerts yesterday. Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed as a result. |
| 1:21.6 | Omicron continues to escalate as well. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive. |
| 1:30.3 | CNN reports that the Omicron wave is ravaging local communities with overwhelmed hospitals, |
| 1:37.3 | staffing shortages, and business closings. Even progress comes at a cost. Blackberry software will be switched off |
| 1:48.0 | today, ending an era in mobile technology. People of faith are obviously not immune to the |
| 1:56.2 | challenges of our day. A stray bullet killed a pastor's wife as she attended a Bible study in an Alabama |
| 2:03.1 | church. A suspect has been arrested and charged in her death. Annie Dillard was right, and I quote, |
| 2:11.5 | How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. End quote. |
| 2:22.5 | Given the unpredictability of the future and the fragility of life, |
| 2:26.2 | what is the best way to manage our days this year? |
| 2:31.0 | Let's begin with an answer that reframes the question. |
| 2:33.8 | Writing for Christianity today, award-winning author, Jen, Pollock, Michelle, |
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