In her 1976 autobiography, Loretta Lynn, then 44, reflected on her “funny beliefs,” which she said sometimes mixed religion and superstition.

“I’m trying to lead a good Christian life, especially since I got baptized two years ago,” she wrote. “So there ain’t too much spicy to tell about me — just the truth.”

Elsewhere in the book, she proclaimed, “Nobody’s perfect. The only one that ever was, was crucified.”

Lynn grew up in the coal-mining community of Butcher Holler, Ky., also known as Butcher Hollow.

She attended church on Sundays and listened to preacher Elzie Banks “tell us about God and the devil.”

“I believed it all, but for some reason, I was never baptized,” she said. “After I started in music, I got away from going to church and reading the Bible. I believe I was living the way God meant me to, but I wasn’t giving God the right attention….”

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Terry Rush, retired Church of Christ minister, was good friends with the late Loretta Lynn.

"Her faith in God was strong," Rush says of Lynn, who wrote about her baptism and ties to Churches of Christ in her autobiography "Coal Miner's Daughter." https://t.co/IaxnnRsInY

— Bobby Ross Jr. (@bobbyross) October 6, 2022

An economic ennui has settled in among workers after the experiences of the last few years, said Julia Pollak, chief economist with ZipRecruiter, and that ennui is showing up in the numbers.

Nearly 20 million people were laid off in a matter of weeks as the pandemic took hold, regardless of whether they had strong work ethics, good performance or loyalty to a company. Then the economic winds shifted just months later, and companies were suddenly desperate to hire. Firings and layoffs reached historic lows. Existing employees were often worked to the point of burnout, newbies with less experience were brought on at a higher wage and employers overlooked things that could have cost workers their jobs in the past.

Workers came away from all of this feeling like the connection between working hard and being rewarded was broken, Pollak said.

“That’s really discouraging to top performers,” she added.

The result: This year, productivity — the measure of how much stuff companies produce for each hour we work — has seen the biggest drop on record.

Productivity is down 4.1% on an annualized basis, the biggest decline since the government started keeping track of the number back in 1948. Since then, U.S. productivity had been on a steady upward slope. Until now.

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Job market swings over the past few years have dampened the motivation of many workers and led to a decline in productivity. Economists say that could have a profound effect on the country's well-being.https://t.co/zqIWkB9gv0

— NPR (@NPR) October 8, 2022

O Spirit of the living God, who dost sanctify the lives of thy people, and dost build them up into a holy temple for thy habitation: Grant us so to know thy indwelling presence that we may be set free from lesser desires, and by thy grace may be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ our Lord.

—New Every Morning (The Prayer Book Of The Daily Broadcast Service) [BBC, 1900]

Autumn sunrise #goodmorning #October #SaturdayMorning @ThePhotoHour pic.twitter.com/uyWcZcISfP

— The Wild Massy 🌳 (@TheWildMassy) October 8, 2022

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hid that shall not be made manifest, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come to light. Take heed then how you hear; for to him who has will more be given, and from him who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”

–Luke 8:16-18

Mornings like this in the National Park are a joy ☀️#YorkshireDales #Sunrise #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayVibes pic.twitter.com/I9IzgIIYRh

— Mark Sadler (@marksadler) October 8, 2022