{"id":3,"date":"2009-12-08T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T13:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2011-01-05T22:38:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T03:38:26","slug":"really_good_news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/really_good_news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Really Big News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On top of all the holiday busy-ness, this season seems, to me, \u00a0exceptionally intrusive. Do you have the same impression in your &#8220;space&#8221;? You don&#8217;t have to be a news junkie or a cable-news addict to be aware of economic hard times, health-care battles, political corruption, intrusive government, a war, another war, global &#8220;worming,&#8221; terror threats, runaway spending, and probably another war somewhere. And that&#8217;s just yesterday. Next week will probably have its new problems.<\/p>\n<p>For friends outside the US, I&#8217;m sure there are the same and similar challenges in the news every morning and every evening where you are.<\/p>\n<p>My son Ted is a TV news producer, and I don&#8217;t want to take any work off his plate, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This is an appropriate time &#8212; this is a good season &#8212; to remember what the\u00a0<em><em>really<\/em><\/em> big news is. Here is a video of the great Russ Taff, singing with his daughter Madi at his side; and backstage with members of the Gaither musical family, a little song about &#8220;The Really Big News.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Family, friends, life&#8217;s little pleasures. Stop the presses! Let&#8217;s all remember the big stories in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>(And, at this season, the really<em> <em><em>good<\/em><\/em><\/em> news, too. The gifts we will be exchanging began as a commemoration of God&#8217;s greatest Gift, Jesus Christ! May we all remember that initial impetus!)<\/p>\n<p>Click: <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch_popup?v=A2W5WrDgCq0#MondayMinistry_12-6-09\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Really Big News<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On top of all the holiday busy-ness, this season seems, to me, \u00a0exceptionally intrusive. Do you have the same impression in your &#8220;space&#8221;? 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