Services

No one in the congregation knew much about their new minister, young Reverend Ashcroft. He just showed up one Sunday morning and told everyone that Reverend Dunbar (who was eighty years old) had retired. Attendance at the church had been dwindling for years, well before Reverend Ashcroft’s arrival. And, frankly, few people were paying attention as he muddled through his first sermon. But when he lifted his arms above his head in prayer, everyone saw the jagged, purple scars on the inner sides of each wrist. Reverend Ashcroft was pleasantly surprised when more worshippers occupied the pews the following Sunday.