The Garden Behind the Condemned House
In 2019, a small congregation in Flint, Michigan, had been holding weekly prayer vigils about the water crisis for nearly four years. They fasted. They...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
In 2019, a small congregation in Flint, Michigan, had been holding weekly prayer vigils about the water crisis for nearly four years. They fasted. They lit candles. They posted scripture on social media. But one Sunday, a retired plumber named Harold Jenkins stood up during testimony time and said something that silenced the room: "We've been asking God to fix the pipes.…
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