Pulled from the Mud on Highway 9
In March 2019, a farmer named Dale Rusk was driving his pickup along a back road outside Luverne, Minnesota, when spring floodwaters surged across the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 40:1-11.
In March 2019, a farmer named Dale Rusk was driving his pickup along a back road outside Luverne, Minnesota, when spring floodwaters surged across the blacktop and swept his truck into a drainage ditch. The cab filled with freezing brown water up to his chest. Dale tried to open the door, but the current pinned it shut. He tried the window — it wouldn't budge.…
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