The Firefighter's Stand on Granite Peak
In August 2003, a wildfire swept through the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, devouring everything in its path. Veteran firefighter Marco Reyes stood with...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on James 4:7.
In August 2003, a wildfire swept through the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, devouring everything in its path. Veteran firefighter Marco Reyes stood with his crew on a narrow ridge above Lake Arrowhead, watching the wall of flame race toward them. Every instinct screamed to run. But Marco had been trained by Captain Ed Sullivan, a forty-year veteran who taught one principle above all others: "You don't outrun a wildfire.…
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