welcome to mosaic i am ron swisher. its always a privilege to host mosaic. on behalf of my cohosts elizabeth eggdale greetings and happy new year to all of you. and we wish you the best and hope for the best for you this coming year. my late colleague and good friend hugh barrels was the producer for many years here over 30 would ofend the year as well as begin the year asking us to discuss some of the s on that also impacts us politically and socially numerous occasions i thought of that theme and i thought of my good colleagues and friends to come and talk about some of those top stories. so i am pleased to welcome, again, jim hopkins from lake shore baptist. >> good to be here. >> great to a have you in oakland. and dale witherspoon in eastern hill united methodist church in richmond. >> good to be here and happy new year. >> when i asked you, you come. and i am glad for that. >> yeah. >> so let's begin with some of the stories. let's go with you jim what are some of the top stories. >> i he doesn't know howpolitical we are supposed to get but one of the

i am ron swisher. it's always a privilege to host mosaic on behalf of high cohost elizabeth eggdale and greetings and happy new year to all of you and we wish you the best and hope for the best for you this coming year. my late colleague and good friend hugh barrels who was producer here for many years over 30 and cohost he would often end the year as well as begin the year asking us to discuss the top stories of religion that also impacts us politically and socially. numerous occasions and i thought of that theme and thought my good colleagues and friends totalk about the top stories so i am pleased to welcome again jim hopkins from lake shore baptist. >> good to be here. >> and great to have you in oakland. and dale witherspoon of richmond. >> good to be here and happy new year. >> i am glad that you when i asked you you call. i mean you come. and i am glad for that. >> yeah. >> so let's begin with the stories. let's go with you jim what do you think some of the top stories of the last year. >> i he