The Couple Who Planted an Orchard in Detroit
In 2009, Mark and Olivia Covington stood on Hobart Street in Detroit's east side, surrounded by abandoned lots choked with waist-high weeds and crumbling foundations....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15.
In 2009, Mark and Olivia Covington stood on Hobart Street in Detroit's east side, surrounded by abandoned lots choked with waist-high weeds and crumbling foundations. The housing crash had gutted their neighborhood. Families had fled. City services had all but vanished. Every reasonable voice said get out while you can. Instead, they bought the vacant lot next door for three hundred dollars.…
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