MIRACLE ON CENTRE STREET: The story of Calgary's Mustard Seed Street Ministry
You may find that reading this book changes you. During the course of researching for and writing the book, the author admits he was changed.
As a child, he and his family knew extreme poverty. During a total of 19 years living outside of Canada, 12 of which he worked as a doctor in a mission hospital in Nepal, he saw far too many people struggling to keep alive. But only in the past two or three years while studying and writing about the work of the Mustard Seed has he been able to understand reasons for the burgeoning problem of homelessness in prosperous Canada.
Call it what you will, the homeless and street people of Calgary have been marginalized, ghettoized, victimized and rejected by our society. The reasons for their suffering are complex, and more often than not, the fault is not theirs. Whoever they are and whatever their plight, the Mustard Seed opens its doors to them and offers food, a warm safe place to stay and, if requested, a helping hand to make a fresh start.
The Mustard Seed cares about those that no one else seems to care about.
“If you are looking to find the soul of Calgary, the Mustard Seed would be a good place to start.”
-Her Excellency the Right Honorable
Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada[Click here to read a sample Chapter]
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Gerald W. Hankins. All rights reserved.
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