We took our small-town youth group to serve in a city homeless shelter one winter morning. I had grand plans

Brad Roth
Brad Roth is pastor of West Zion Mennonite Church in Moundridge, Kan., and author of God’s Country: Faith, Hope and the Future of the Rural Church (Herald Press). He blogs at DoxologyProject.com.
Once, on a hike I discovered a single sandhill plum hanging beside the trail, tiny and ripe with some kind of meaning, nature’s haiku.