Hot Zone

In the 1990’s, an author named Richard Preston wrote a book entitled Hot Zone.  It was a based-on-true-life story that focused on viruses like Ebola. The book was one of the first popular-level novels to cover the impact of Ebola. It was subtitled: “The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus.”

The book was called Hot Zone because that term is often used in the medical world. It describes an area where there are biological dangers.

And unfortunately, we’ve seen a massive reoccurrence of that “hot zone” in the past few weeks. In the latest outbreak, there have been over 13,000 cases of Ebola and almost 5,000 deaths in places like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.[1] The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history.[2] It’s a hot zone that terrifies those of us who see it from a distance. And it is a hot zone that is tormenting those caught up in it.Read More »Monday Morning Faith: Flourishing in the Hot Zone (Jer. 17:5-8) Chris Altrock – 11/9/14