The Blessing She Couldn't Unhear
Every Sunday morning for thirty-one years, Pastor Margaret Chen stood at the doors of Grace Community Church in Topeka, Kansas, and spoke the same words...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Numbers 6:22-27.
Every Sunday morning for thirty-one years, Pastor Margaret Chen stood at the doors of Grace Community Church in Topeka, Kansas, and spoke the same words over every person who walked out: "The Lord bless you and keep you." Not a rushed goodbye. She placed her hand on each shoulder, looked them in the eye, and spoke it like she meant it — because she did.…
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