Word&Way’s Most-Read Pieces of 2020
This has been a year of big news. A global pandemic. Protests against racial injustices. Impeachment of a president. A contentious election. Theological disputes at Baptist schools. Virtual church services. Court fights over religious liberty issues. Deadly natural disasters. A massive blast in Beirut. And much more.
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10. Jesus 2020 by Brian Kaylor (Aug. 19)
individuals found in two different structures here in town. both were recovered and transported to the hospital alive and for treatment. and when we arrived this morning, senator mccatskill told us that she had heard that there were noises at the walmart. they were trying to see if there was someone there. any sense of what happened there? we did get a report early this morning that there was a tapping coming from there. we did send in two of the urban search and rescue teams, and that ended up being unfounded. it ended up just being a water leak that had been dripping on some of the material in the rubble, and what sounded like tapping to the folks that were there, but it ended up being, you know, basically an invalid report. and chief randall, lastly,
together for myself and see what s going on with other people. all i care about is souls. i care less about all this stuff. you going to be all right? oh, yeah. we re doing good. really. this stuff can be replaced. just remarkable people. some of the many remarkable people in this community who are keeping their spirits up, keeping their faith despite the devastation and the loss of just about everything they own. let s continue the conversation now with the man on the front lines, the chief of the joplin fire department, mitch randall. chief, let s start with this question. i spoke with the mayor who said the painful shift would have to begin someone tonight, going from search and rescue to the recovery operation, which means you reached the point that you found everybody or those you are going to be find won t be alive. are we at that point? no, i don t believe we re at
are reported. chad meyers is in the severe weather center. let s get right to chad on oklahoma. chad? we have a line of weather from kansas to texas right across the red river. we have multiple i counted eight a little bit ago severe thunderstorms all rotating that could put down tornadoes at any time. we do know that big tornadoes have been on the ground, tornadoes in excess of 150 miles per hour to the west of oklahoma city. one just to the west of el reno into oklahoma. that s just a suburb of oklahoma city and on toward guthrie. tornado emergency down near norman, oklahoma and more with a big tornado on the ground and another one down near washington. that tornado has been on the ground for a while. it is going to be one long night, because it is certainly not over, and in fact, with the heat of the day just now being 6:00 central time, it is just getting going for places east of i-35 into tulsa and eventually, yes, that word joplin right there, as the weather just
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