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The Community Garden on condemned Ground

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In 2019, a small progressive congregation in Detroit purchased a vacant lot that the city had condemned. The soil was contaminated from decades of industrial...

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Service and Hospitality: Francis of Assisi: Serving the Lepers

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God of compassion, I enter spaces of pain today, carrying others' suffering, trying to bring healing. Give me steady hands, clear mind, compassionate heart. Help me see each person as whole— not just a diagnosis, not just a case, but someone You love deeply.

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