The Key She Already Had
For eleven years, Maria Santos carried a secret through the doors of her church in San Antonio. She smiled during worship, volunteered in the nursery,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 8:32.
For eleven years, Maria Santos carried a secret through the doors of her church in San Antonio. She smiled during worship, volunteered in the nursery, brought casseroles to every potluck. But underneath it all, she was drowning in shame over a past abortion she had never told anyone about — not her husband, not her closest friend, not her pastor.…
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