APJ listeners, hello, welcome to this special episode and update from Pastor John's life

and ministry and a little summary of all our labors at DesiringGod.org. As some of you

know, our ministry year runs July 1st to June 30th. So we close out fiscal year 2020 and

enter into fiscal year 2021 in just a few days. And of course, we are fully supported by

God's people, listeners like you. So this episode is also a big thank you to all of our partners

and we love for more of you to join us and I'll explain how in just a little bit. It's been an

incredible year for this podcast as we near episode 1500. That's unreal to be. That episode,

episode 1500 should drop in mid-July and when it does, we will take some time to talk more about

APJ and to explore some of the productivity takeaways of Pastor John's ministry as we approach the

eighth anniversary of Ask Pastor John. Wow. More broadly, when you look at all the resources at

DesiringGod.org, the books, the articles, the podcasts, the look of the book videos, when you

combine the reach of them all, we've seen about 200 million resource views across all of our

platforms this fiscal year. Those numbers are staggering as well. And of course, most recently,

the coronavirus and Christ book has seen over a million downloads globally and is being made

freely available in almost 30 different languages now. It's been a crazy spring for everyone,

but here in this transition as we close off one year and look ahead to the next year ahead.

I wanted to take a moment to ask you, Pastor John, about our past year. But first, I would love a

personal update. What has life been like for you during this pandemic? And now, especially with

the protests and the riots happening just within blocks of your home in Minneapolis?

Right. Well, the most important thing to say about what has happened here in Minneapolis

in the last week. And I know this is being played a couple of weeks later than we're recording it

in the last week. That is about a week since the death of George Floyd. What the most important

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