Praying for Essential Workers The restrictions to ‘shelter in place’ are for those that are not essential workers. Let us consider who might be the essential workers for our best prayers. Most of these are unsung heroes that have always been diligently working behind the scenes to keep our society running all along. Obviously, that includes doctors and nurses. But a hospital needs lots of other staff as well to keep things going. There are those who need to work in the laundry, supply rooms, food services, janitorial, bookkeeping, maintenance, security, etc. There are those that work at pharmacies and their helpers. Recently I heard a train whistle in the distance at night. Then I remembered those that have been working that late shift so that we have products on the shelves to buy and so companies have raw materials to make the products. The truckers keep the cargo moving so that the products can be sold and bought. There are those that ...