You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison

Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison. Hi, I'm Jim Denison of Denison Ministries, and this is the Daily

Article Special edition for March 23rd, 2020. Neil Diamond recorded Sweet Caroline in 1969. The song sold more than one million

singles and has been digitally downloaded more than two million times. It was selected by the

Library of Congress in 2019 for preservation in the National Recording Registry. However, the song has never

been as appropriate or encouraging as it is today.

Diamond re-recorded the song from his home and released it on Twitter,

changing the lyrics to say, hands, washing hands, reaching out.

Don't touch me. I won't touch you.

Another celebrity in the news is basketball superstar Steph Curry,

who's partnering with a major food

provider to distribute millions of meals in and around Oakland. What makes our partnership

especially unique is that the company will be employing idle basketball arena workers who need a paycheck.

As I've said often in recent weeks, the coronavirus pandemic is a crisis unprecedented in my lifetime.

It therefore represents an unprecedented opportunity for God's people to advance his kingdom in our

broken world. Let's consider some ways our secular culture is serving others that Christians

could adapt in these critical days. A poet in Italy published his cell phone

number on social media with a notice that anyone could call him who wanted to talk. He said,

I'm available every morning from nine until noon. More than a hundred calls have come in from all over

the country. People in China, Iran, and around the world are finding very creative ways to stay connected

through digital means. Priests in the Dallas-Fort Worth area heard drive-through confessions over the

weekend as parishioners spoke with them from their cars while sitting under special tents at a safe

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