The Garden in the Parking Lot
A congregation in Memphis decided to observe a week-long fast during Lent. They posted about it on social media, shared recipes for bone broth, and...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
A congregation in Memphis decided to observe a week-long fast during Lent. They posted about it on social media, shared recipes for bone broth, and held nightly prayer meetings. On the third evening, a deacon named Marcus drove past the church on his way to the prayer service and noticed something. The nearest grocery store, a small Save-A-Lot, had closed permanently.…
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