Into the arms of God

Across the country there is reason to be thankful for good works that make it possible for people to walk away from drugs, gangs, death, discouragement, and . . . | Roberta Green Ahmanson, Julie Ryan and Cherise Ryan

What Christians do: Part 1

Evelyn Turner left New Orleans so late on Saturday night, Aug. 27, 2005, that it may have been Sunday morning. With her two daughters and one's fiancé, she headed to family in Charlotte, N.C.

Unlike most people who fled the city in fear of Hurricane Katrina, Turner already knew she had no home to come back to. In the midst of a divorce, the New Orleans native had agreed that her soon-to-be ex-husband would keep their house and pay her what he could when he could.

Now, two years later, Turner owns her own home in the hard-hit Holly Grove neighborhood. Like millions of others over the centuries, she gained help from Christians who responded to the teachings of the prophets and of Jesus that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters we do for Him. In Turner's case the faces of God's help were Kevin Brown and the Trinity Christian Community (TCC) network.