The Farmer Who Planted After the Flood
In March 2019, floodwaters from the Missouri River swallowed Don Heger's farm near Craig, Missouri — 1,200 acres buried under silt and debris. Neighbors lost...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4.
In March 2019, floodwaters from the Missouri River swallowed Don Heger's farm near Craig, Missouri — 1,200 acres buried under silt and debris. Neighbors lost everything. The levee system had failed, and federal aid moved at a glacial pace. Don stood at the edge of his ruined fields and asked the question every honest believer eventually asks: Where is God in this?…
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