Good day and welcome to Denison Forum's November the 11th, 2025 edition of the Daily Article.

Cultural Theologian, Dr. Jim Denison, authored today's daily article. I'm Chris Elkins, narrator.

A group of Senate Democrats reached an agreement last night with congressional Republicans,

the first in a series of votes that should lead to reopening the U.S. government.

The negotiated deal reverses federal layoffs, promises a vote in the future on expiring

Obamacare subsidies, and fully reopens the government through January 30th.

A final vote is still required by the Senate and the House.

Then the continuing resolution would head to President Trump for his signature.

Healthcare benefits have been at the heart of the longest-ever government shutdown,

which raises the question, how much of our lives are spent managing our mortality?

Americans spend $265 billion each year on physical activity, $70 billion a year on weight loss plans, and $100 billion a year on prescription drugs.

Nearly a million people have evacuated in the Philippines ahead of a deadly typhoon that struck

yesterday.

Paris residents are entering a lottery to share cemetery space with Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde.

The plastic surgery industry is now booming in the U.S.

It is human nature to seek to mitigate human finitude, but the mortality rate is still 100%.

In a world where death comes to all, according to Hebrews 9 verse 27, why should we believe that God is love, stated in 1 John 4 verse 8.

I spent the weekend grappling with a sinus infection, the details of which I won't share as you begin your Monday.

However, I would wager that, like me, you can name something, or several somethings, about your health.

You're glad you won't have to endure forever.

And every day you tire of the news with its never-ending cycles of doom and gloom,

you can take heart that your world will not always be like this.

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