Before we slide past the zero of a new decade and put 2021 on the map, we must of necessity look at the most unique Christmas in any of our lifetimes â one landing in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic, as we simultaneously turn over the reigns of government to a new president. It is a moment to reflect on our past, as we make a template for the future.
And the ABCs of Christmas should always start with that engaging and magical word altruism â the selfless concern for the wellbeing of others.
Nowhere can this be seen more clearly than by turning back the clock and looking again (as we did in 2012) at 604 E. Second St. in the year 1896. It was then that Nat Gaither (president of the Bank of Hopkinsville) and Hunter Wood Sr. (attorney and publisher of the Kentucky New Era) raised funds for the construction of The Church of The Good Shepherd. Both of these men were vestrymen of Grace Episcopal Church. This project that they envisioned and brought to fruition was years