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The Coach Who Wouldn't Leave the Parking Lot

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In 2019, a high school basketball coach in Memphis named Penny Hardaway noticed that Marcus, a quiet sophomore who had been showing up faithfully to...

This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 15:3-7.

In 2019, a high school basketball coach in Memphis named Penny Hardaway noticed that Marcus, a quiet sophomore who had been showing up faithfully to every practice, suddenly stopped coming. Most coaches would have moved on. The roster was deep. The team was winning. Ninety-nine players were accounted for. But Penny drove to Marcus's neighborhood after practice. He found the boy sitting on a stoop, convinced he wasn't good enough, ready to disappear into the statistics of another kid who slipped through the cracks.…

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