■By Henry I Hargrow Jr. Special to the Tunica Voice Many of us are proclaiming “I can’t wait to get back to normal.” Normal means conforming to a standard, type, or regular pattern.

We welcome: • Sermons and observations about daily life from clergy members. We’ll one or two of these items each week up to about 500 words each.

Many of us are proclaiming “I can’t wait to get back to normal.” Normal means conforming to a standard, type, or regular pattern. The term normal usually refers to something that’s typical or natural and something that most people do, and abnormal appears to be the opposite.

We welcome: • Sermons and observations about daily life from clergy members. We’ll one or two of these items each week up to about 500 words each.

Whether the governor wanted grant funds directed to his favored vendors, a partner to proselytize for his faithbased initiatives, or for someone to keep track of his wayward distant relative, Bryant’s welfare director John Davis was eager to deliver for his boss.

2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.