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

April 15 is an auspicious day for many reasons.

On this day in 1783, the U.S. Congress ratified Articles of Peace, ending the Revolutionary

War with Great Britain.

On this day in 1865, Abraham Lincoln was pronounced dead.

On April 5, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank. On this day in

1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. On April 15,

1955, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's. The Boston Marathon was attacked by bombers on this day

in 2013. And on this day in 1957, my parents were married, a fact for which I am obviously and

personally grateful. April 15 is best known to Americans as the day when our income taxes are due, a deadline that

was moved to this date in 1955. However, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the deadline has been

postponed 90 days to July 15th. This is just one change caused by the most disruptive event of my lifetime. As catastrophic as

the coronavirus pandemic has been for the world medically, financially, and socially, God has been at

work using this tragedy for spiritual good as well. For example, well-known pastor Greg Lurie posted

an article to Christianity today, describing

some of the ways people are searching for God in these days of crisis.

He points to a Pew survey in which 55% of Americans stated they had prayed for an end to

the spread of coronavirus.

He notes another report that Google searches about prayer skyrocketed

when coronavirus went global. In yet another poll, nearly half of respondents called the pandemic

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