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Legendary Jeopardy host Alex Trebek died yesterday at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer.

His life story was part of his appeal.

His father was a hotel cook who emigrated to Canada from Ukraine.

Trebek graduated from college with a philosophy degree and worked as a newscaster before beginning

his career in game shows in 1973.

In his autobiography, The Answer is, Reflections on My Life, Trebek stated his life motto,

A good education and a kind heart will serve you well throughout your entire life. Let's apply the latter

to the story dominating the news. Numerous media outlets declared Saturday that Joe Biden has won

the White House. President Trump's team has filed numerous legal challenges. Whatever our position

on the election, I believe God has two messages of encouragement for us today.

Both are calls to a kind heart based on five words that continue to change the world.

I walked yesterday in a cemetery in our neighborhood, where I found myself standing at the graves of a father and a son who bore his

name. The father fought for the Confederate Army. His son fought for the United States in World War I.

Their stories are the story of American democracy. Presidential elections have been passionately

contested since the first contested election in 1796, but each time our democracy

held. The United States has fought 12 major wars across our history, but each time, with one

exception, as we will see, our democracy held. America has survived pandemics, depressions,

recessions, and presidential assassinations. We have seen

rioting in our streets and terror attacks on our cities, and yet each time our democracy held.

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