If there is a silver lining to being at home for the vast majority of 2020, it is that I've been able to read and listen to more books. Whether to help make sense of the world, reinforce my faith, or just to have an escape from real life for a little while, I've read more books from more genres than ever this year.
Advent 2020: Hope on the Horizon
2020 seems like the worst year ever. Truth is, this world is a pretty crummy place and has been for a while. As long as there have been people there have been conflicts and viruses. 2020 is not the first year in human history that we humans approach the Advent season in a less than favorable position.
Half-truths and cover-ups and conspiracies, oh my!
After all, if the Coronavirus doesn't stab you in your sleep first, the vaccines that we're all about to get might very well have a chip which carries some code equaling to 666 which will damn all our souls to Hell. But that's only if President-elect Biden has indeed won the election and President Trump is no longer there to hold back the forces of Beelzebub from devouring our nation... which is why the democrats stole the election because socialism and control or something like that.
Accelerating Hope
Welcome to my new blog! My name is Joel Barker. You can read all about my story on my about page, but I'll give you a shorter version here in my first post.