Stopping by Church on a Summer Afternoon

Stopping by Church on a Summer Afternoon

Woman sitting alone in church | Image: kadirdemir/iStock

Weighed down by life, a woman finds respite in her church.

It’s a Thursday in late June and the thermometer has hit 100 degrees. I feel wound tight as a drum—tense with fatigue, with the heat.

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