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thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Note from Dr. Jim Denison, I am grateful to my son Ryan Denison for writing the daily article this week while I'm on vacation.

Ryan is a graduate of Baylor University and Truitt Seminary and is completing his doctoral

dissertation in church history at B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. He serves as Senior Fellow

for Theology with our ministry, and writes often in my absence. I am certain you will find his

insights to be both biblical and practical. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and powerless in

the face of today's various crises,

but the people behind the Veterans Community Project, VCP, didn't let those feelings

keep them from helping fellow soldiers in need. From their example, we can find motivation and a

solid model for how to help people around us as well. The VCP was started in Kansas

City, Missouri by four veterans who saw the hardships faced by so many of our country's former

soldiers and decided to do something about it. As Brian Meyer, CEO of the nonprofit described it,

veteran homelessness is written off as a federal issue,

or a problem that's outside the scope of a local community, but it's really not.

This project is all about not waiting for somebody else to fix the problem.

It's about bringing people together to address the issue.

To that end, they worked with the people of Kansas

City to build temporary housing that consists of 49 tiny homes, a 5,000 square foot community

center, and focuses on helping veterans of all backgrounds successfully assimilate into life

after the military. The average day is 275 days before the veterans have made enough progress to get a permanent

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