​Before getting to the main topic, Jim looked at the following news items: --Jim requested prayer for former President H.W. Bush who was moved to intensive care today to address acute respiratory problems stemming from pneumonia. His wife Barbara Bush is also hospitalized as of this morning. --President Obama commuted the prison sentence of transgender Bradley Manning (who now goes by 'Chelsea'). He had been serving a 35 year sentence for leaking more than 700,000 classified government and military documents to WikiLeaks along with some battlefield video. He will be leaving prison in May.