Growing up in Oklahoma, I've seen my share of tornado damage. I know that brick homes can be reduced to rubble, that grass can be pulled from the soil — that once the winds calm, an emotional storm can start.So, from the moment I heard a tornado had ripped through Joplin, Missouri, I had prayed. For strength. For healing. For comfort. For peace.And almost from the moment I heard, I knew I wanted to go there, to pray in the place where unruly winds had taken so much and so many. Six [...]
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