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THE REV. DARRELL W. CUMMINGS What a year 2020 was for the people of America, the Ohio Valley and even the world. We have lost too many good men, women, boys, girls, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends. Now we are looking at 2021, and by the sixth day there are challenges we never dreamed taking place in our country. Have you ever thought, could there ever be a time for you or me to disobey the government for some higher cause? Questions about civil disobedience have been cropping up lately. Certain evangelicals have suggested that the time has come for Christians to stand up against immoral government policies. I remember seeing and hearing the words and images of Gandhi. He is still fresh in many minds the skinny Hindu leading a nation in peaceful resistance. Others prefer for our country the image of Martin Luther King Jr. Meanwhile, we heard the news a few years ago from Russia of a Christian family that spent five years cooped up in the U.S. Embassy ....