FOR 27 YEARS DEB WAS A JOURNALIST IN THE
DEEP SOUTH. THEN SHE RETRAINED AS A
BAPTIST PASTOR, AND ACCEPTED A POST AT A
RUN-DOWN INNER-CITY CHURCH WHERE THE
HOMELESS GATHERED. IT WAS A SHOCK.
GRADUALLY SHE LEARNED WHOM SHE COULD
TRUST - AND WHOM SHE COULDN'T. SOMETIMES
THE BEST PERSON TO HANDLE A SITUATION
WAS A DRUG ADDICT. SOMETIMES JESUS HAD
THE FACE OF A PROSTITUTE. ALL WERE
FIERCELY WELCOMED INTO THIS BEWILDERING
CHURCH FAMILY.
FULL OF COLOUR AND INCIDENT, DEB'S STORY
IS A TESTAMENT TO MESSY GRACE AND THE
PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE HARD
PLACES OF THE WORLD.
DEEP SOUTH. THEN SHE RETRAINED AS A
BAPTIST PASTOR, AND ACCEPTED A POST AT A
RUN-DOWN INNER-CITY CHURCH WHERE THE
HOMELESS GATHERED. IT WAS A SHOCK.
GRADUALLY SHE LEARNED WHOM SHE COULD
TRUST - AND WHOM SHE COULDN'T. SOMETIMES
THE BEST PERSON TO HANDLE A SITUATION
WAS A DRUG ADDICT. SOMETIMES JESUS HAD
THE FACE OF A PROSTITUTE. ALL WERE
FIERCELY WELCOMED INTO THIS BEWILDERING
CHURCH FAMILY.
FULL OF COLOUR AND INCIDENT, DEB'S STORY
IS A TESTAMENT TO MESSY GRACE AND THE
PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE HARD
PLACES OF THE WORLD.
