The Man Who Opened the Doors
Every Sunday at 6:15 a.m., before the parking lot held a single car, Harold Meeks unlocked the double oak doors of First Baptist Church in...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 100.
Every Sunday at 6:15 a. m. , before the parking lot held a single car, Harold Meeks unlocked the double oak doors of First Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi. He had been doing it for forty-one years. He never just opened them. He would press both palms flat against the wood, bow his head, and whisper the same prayer: "Morning, Lord.…
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