The Carpenter Who Didn't Know What He Was Building
In 1987, a retired carpenter named Harold Meeks in Tupelo, Mississippi, started showing up at his church every Tuesday morning with his tool belt and...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Philemon 1:6.
In 1987, a retired carpenter named Harold Meeks in Tupelo, Mississippi, started showing up at his church every Tuesday morning with his tool belt and a thermos of black coffee. The pastor hadn't asked him to come. Nobody had. Harold just noticed the fellowship hall's baseboards were splitting, so he replaced them. Then he re-hung a crooked door. Then he built new shelving for the food pantry.…
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