When the Kitchen Is Spotless but the Family Is Starving
Every Sunday morning, Margaret Chen arrived early at Grace Community Church in Naperville, Illinois. She arranged the altar flowers just so, ironed the communion linens...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 1:1, 10-20.
Every Sunday morning, Margaret Chen arrived early at Grace Community Church in Naperville, Illinois. She arranged the altar flowers just so, ironed the communion linens until they were crisp, and polished the brass candlesticks until they gleamed. She tithed to the penny, never missed a service, and could quote the Apostles' Creed from memory. But Margaret hadn't spoken to her daughter in three years.…
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