South Carolina hit a new record on Monday in its road to recovery from COVID-19.
It was the 14th straight day the state has reported under 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, capping a trend of falling case numbers in recent weeks.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 393 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, and 13 confirmed deaths caused by COVID-19.
It’s a new record. https://t.co/YdU3LUjFOK
— The State Newspaper (@thestate) September 21, 2020
The scientists now intend to test their proof-of-concept further, conducting experiments with human participants, to confirm it works as they expect in real-world diagnostic conditions.
If it does, we could be looking at much more than just glucose monitoring in the future, they suggest – and all without spilling a single drop of blood.
“Of course, prediabetes testing is just one application of the technology,” says first author and PhD candidate Hakjae Lee.
“The paper-based sensor can vary depending on the biomarker you wish to monitor.”
This Experimental Patch Can Painlessly Check Your Glucose Levels, Scientists Sayhttps://t.co/8uj680QVWE
— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) September 20, 2020
This is a letter I knew that I would one day write, but never wanted to believe it. It’s with the most extreme mix of sadness and excitement that I tell you that I have been called to be the next Dean of St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, FL. My last Sunday at Holy Comforter as your Rector will be October 18th, 2020. In the coming weeks, Bishop Lawrence will be working with the vestry to develop a plan both for the interim period between Rectors and the calling a new Rector for Holy Comforter.
It has been a privilege and honor beyond anything I can explain to have worked and served alongside you for the past 11 years, and even more so as your Rector for the last 6. I want you to know that I am not being called away from you, but to St. Peter’s and serving the wider Church. Kim, our boys, and I will be here for plenty of discussion and questions, and this is not our final farewell, but in the remainder of this letter, I want to answer two questions – Why now and why this call?
First, why now?
The truth is that there is never a perfect time, but I have come to believe this is God’s kairos time. I did not know then, but looking back it is clear I was called to see Holy Comforter through a contentious time of lawsuits and conflict. I have learned hard lessons of patience and known God’s grace in ways no human could ever imagine. We have been through this struggle for the gospel together, most of you have stayed in and stood your ground, and we have come through. I truly believe that the worst of that is behind us and that this congregation is poised to start a new chapter, an era unmarked by the existential threat of the past several years, a time of asking, “what now, Lord?” It is clear to me that the vision for that new chapter will be given to someone else, and I am excited to see how God directs this.
You might also reasonably ask why I would leave in the middle of a pandemic. All I can really say is that Kim and I have struggled with that very question more than any other, even more than the lawsuits. The reality of this pandemic is that we simply don’t know when it will be over enough. We are now 7 months in, and it was clear months ago that there will probably not be a single day when we can say the threat has passed. Still, we are in a good and stable place. Almost half of the congregation has decided to return to in-person worship, even with the restrictions in place, and the staff is working hard on exciting bible studies and small groups that will be sustainable. I would not have picked this time, either for my family or for Holy Comforter, but after many hours of prayer, I believe it is the time God has anointed.
Marcus Kaiser, rector of Holy Comforter, Sumter, SC announces his call to be the new dean of St. Peter’s #Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, Florida https://t.co/NDP67e2XJe #parishministry #ordainedministry #acna #southcarolina #florida #transitions [Dio of SC photo] pic.twitter.com/hboE3G7qYK
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) September 21, 2020
The sermon starts about 22:30 in.
We thank thee, heavenly Father, for the witness of thine apostle and evangelist Matthew to the Gospel of thy Son our Savior; and we pray that, after his example, we may with ready wills and hearts obey the calling of our Lord to follow him; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Happy Feast of Saint Matthew. This is the Inspiration of St. Matthew by #Caravaggio in San Luigi dei Francesi in #Rome pic.twitter.com/cRHOYG3TRG
— Edoardo (@EdoardoFanfani) September 21, 2016
Set our hearts on fire with love to Thee, O Christ our God, that in that flame we may love Thee with all our heart, with all our mind, with all our soul, and with all our strength, and our neighbours as ourselves; so that, keeping Thy commandments, we may glorify Thee, the giver of all good gifts.
–Frederick B. Macnutt, The prayer manual for private devotions or public use on divers occasions: Compiled from all sources ancient, medieval, and modern (A.R. Mowbray, 1951)
A gorgeous but cold #sunrise over a #smoky @CTRiver this am! 34° is the coldest yet this season. Higganum, CT #riversmoke #StormHour @Ginger_Zee @gilsimmons @JimCantore @JenCarfagno @SamChampion pic.twitter.com/5gjy3Sre4u
— eweather (@Eweather13) September 21, 2020
And they told Mor’decai what Esther had said. Then Mor’decai told them to return answer to Esther, “Think not that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
–Esther 4:12-14
The coolest Esther painted in the 15th century. Andrea del Castagno, "Queen Esther", c.1450 pic.twitter.com/E2PuwuBT0G
— Mauro D. (@il_damio) July 24, 2017