Greetings on this Thursday, January the 29th, 2026.

Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article podcast, authored today by friend and co-founder Dr. Jim Denison.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrator.

Elizabeth Engel and Gracie Brito were high school sophomores and best friends in Frisco,

a suburb north of Dallas.

Last Sunday, they were riding on a sled as it was pulled by a Jeep Wrangler.

The sled crashed and Elizabeth was killed.

Gracie was critically injured and died yesterday.

In a Facebook post, Elizabeth's mother wrote,

She was a bright light, a fun spirit, a brave soul. We loved her so much. She just got a car

and a license and had her whole life ahead of her. It was all taken away so abruptly, end quote.

Gracie's mother called her daughter

a kind and generous soul full of love, affection, and warmth.

Her family said that the days since the tragedy have been unimaginably difficult.

I cannot imagine these families' grief and am so sorry for their loss.

I am praying for them asking God to be their help and peace in these terrible days.

I'm also praying for a mother whose three young sons fell through an icy pond Monday and died.

And for the loved ones of those who died in the Challenger tragedy 40 years ago yesterday.

For my heartfelt reflections, please see my new Denison Forum website article,

The Challenger Disaster, and the Providence of God.

A link to it is in today's podcast episode notes.

If God is truly sovereign, did he cause their pain?

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