Friends rebuild cancer patient's Ford Bronco: New research shows how to respond to 'lifequakes' today
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 14 July 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR JULY 14, 2020
A friend fighting Stage IV cancer was away seeking treatment when his friends rebuilt his Ford Bronco. Today's podcast tells their story, then we explore new research highlighting three phases of life disruption and focus on two biblical responses that lead to true significance.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.3 | 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. |
| 0:19.5 | Eric Staggs of Forney,, Texas is fighting stage four colon cancer. |
| 0:24.5 | He has a vintage Ford Bronco he has wanted to restore but lack the energy or time. |
| 0:30.1 | Before he and his family left last month on a medical trip, he asked a friend if he could |
| 0:34.6 | install the new tires and wheels Eric had bought for it. |
| 0:38.1 | His friend and some neighbors and other friends decided they would become Team Bronco. |
| 0:43.6 | Over six frenetic days, they stripped the paint, retuned the engine, added new shocks to go with the new tires and rims, and repainted the Bronco Colbult Blue. |
| 0:53.7 | Then they put the Staggs family's favorite |
| 0:55.6 | Bible passage, Psalm 91, on the spare tire cover. Eric came home and was so shocked, he began to cry. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm just so in awe of the kindness and generosity of God's people, he said. Guys that I've never met before |
| 1:10.0 | felt like it was a nice thing to do, |
| 1:12.3 | and the world needs more people that want to do nice things. |
| 1:18.7 | Yesterday, we focused on God's invitation to partner with him in redeeming the pandemic |
| 1:23.9 | and our other crises. I'd like to think about an intriguing way to reframe such |
| 1:29.3 | service in these difficult days. Bruce Filer's new book, Life is in the Transitions, Mastering |
| 1:36.2 | Change at Any Age, is being published today. A fascinating essay adapted from it appears in |
| 1:42.4 | the Wall Street Journal. Here we learn about |
| 1:44.7 | Filer's research that the average person will experience around three dozen disruptors in our |
| 1:50.1 | adult lives, one every 12 to 18 months. However, three to five of these will be destabilizing |
| 1:57.0 | for us. Filer calls these lifequakes and notes, what's unique about this particular moment in history is that for the first time in 75 years, |
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