Sarah Beth Terry brings Monday’s Porch Paper from West by God Virginia, covering the fight over mail-in ballot rules, warnings about artificial intelligence, another disruption to the world’s oil supply, West Virginia flood recovery and the importance of bringing healthcare into rural communities.

Back on the farm, the chickens have filed a complaint, Sarah has accidentally become a watercolor artist, and the paintings she began to help Mittens have grown into a way to send Bibles to other people. An unexpected call from Gretchen Wilson interrupts the broadcast before Sarah returns with a remarkable wilderness rescue, Reba McEntire’s tribute to Dolly Parton, some much-needed 1999 nostalgia and a Kentucky farmer raising hundreds of ostriches.

Sometimes there’s no announcement, lightning bolt or five-year plan. Sometimes God simply puts ...