The Fast That Moved a Pastor Out of His Office

Every January, Marcus Reed led his congregation through a twenty-one-day fast at Grace Covenant Church in Memphis. They prayed, journaled, skipped meals, and gathered for evening worship. In 2019, on day fourteen of the fast, Marcus drove past a public housing complex six blocks from the church and noticed an elderly woman sitting on her porch in a thin sweater, despite the thirty-degree weather.…