The Spring at Herrnhut

In August 1727, a small community of religious refugees gathered in the German village of Herrnhut on Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf's estate. They were fractured, quarrelsome, barely surviving — spiritually a kind of Dead Sea. Then during a communion service on August 13, something broke open. The Holy Spirit fell, and what began as a trickle of renewed devotion became an unceasing river.…