The Church with the Beautiful Choir and the Locked Doors
Every Sunday morning, the choir at Ridgewood Community Church sang like angels. Their Easter cantata drew visitors from three counties. The worship team rehearsed twice...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 1:1, 10-20.
Every Sunday morning, the choir at Ridgewood Community Church sang like angels. Their Easter cantata drew visitors from three counties. The worship team rehearsed twice a week. The sanctuary gleamed. Members tithed faithfully and never missed a service. But when Maria Gutierrez showed up one Wednesday evening — a single mother recently evicted, carrying everything she owned in two garbage bags — the deacon on duty told her the benevolence fund was empty.…
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