Church's damage from quake unites faiths

From South Carolina-

We often are impressed when good deeds are accomplished through great sacrifice, but sometimes true grace is found in small gestures.
Sometimes, just when we are inclined to doubt or despair, life's disappointments and inconveniences reveal in our neighbors an essential and deeply rooted humanity.

Ask the parishioners of Grace Episcopal Church about disappointment and they will tell you how it was turned on its head. They will tell you about small gestures and generous spirits. They will share a legend in the making, a story to be told generations from now, to grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

They will tell you about the day the earth cracked, a building closed and the people of the church were forced to find sanctuary elsewhere, how a great disappointment turned into a reward that transcended church walls and breached religious and racial ideologies.

The Rev. Canon J. Michael A. Wright, rector of Grace, took note of the symbolism. "Our walls are in need of repair, and what we've discovered is that other walls have come down."

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