The Rain That Didn't Check the Property Lines
In the summer of 1993, a drought gripped the farmland outside Broken Bow, Nebraska. For eleven weeks, the fields cracked and the cattle grew thin....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Joel 2:28-29.
In the summer of 1993, a drought gripped the farmland outside Broken Bow, Nebraska. For eleven weeks, the fields cracked and the cattle grew thin. When the rain finally came in August, it did not consult the county assessor's map. It did not fall only on the wealthy rancher's acreage while skipping the widow's garden plot next door. It did not water the pastor's lawn and leave the town skeptic's yard parched.…
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