The Garden Between the Walls
In downtown Portland, a vacant lot sat wedged between a luxury condo development and a Section 8 housing complex. For years it collected broken glass...
This is tradition perspectives on peace, drawing on John 14:27.
In downtown Portland, a vacant lot sat wedged between a luxury condo development and a Section 8 housing complex. For years it collected broken glass and fast-food wrappers — a no-man's-land marking the border between two worlds that never spoke. Then a group of neighbors — queer couples, retired veterans, immigrant families, college students drowning in debt — started showing up with shovels.…
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