COVER • CONTENTS MAY • ORDER Personal UPDATE | JUNE 2020 2020
COVER ARTICLE
Robert Cornuke Explorer
CONFRONTING THE PLAGUE OF PANIC
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e are passing through a portal of concern the likes-of-which we have not experienced since World War ll. An invisible virus has seemingly shut down the world in many ways. This was unexpected and like other unexpected disasters it strikes fear in the hearts of many. Our forefathers however have endured much worse and not only survived it all but thrived. To thrive in fear there are basic principles of reasoned vigilance that need to be executed along with spiritual awareness. Pandemic caused Panic in the Past To gain a perspective on today’s pandemic I would like to examine another pandemic in history. In October of 1347, twelve wooden ships glided slowly into Messina. These Genoese galleys held cargo believed to be from the Crimea, but they also carried a silent disease that would
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