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Robert Hurtgen

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Robert Hurtgen is a husband, father, minister and writer. Read more of him at robhurtgen.wordpress.com.

For such a time as this

Saturday, March 28, 2020

I doubt anyone reading this column could have imagined the rapid impac the coronavirus has made upon our lives. In less than a week's time schools have been canceled, churches learned to use streaming video, and a major city in Missouri of all places has issued a mandatory "stay-at-home" order. These are strange times.

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