Hope Springs by Kim Cash Tate

Author:Kim Cash Tate
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: book, Adult, ebook
ISBN: 9781401684839
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Janelle raised her camera and caught the momentous embrace, feeling like a proud sister. Travis had just walked into Calvary Church’s basement for the reception. When he and Todd saw one another, both official-looking in their suits, they took in the moment—Hope Springs’ pastors were together in public for the first time.

“Aw, I love it.” Janelle snapped a couple more, taking in the scene with Kory. He’d gone to New Jerusalem’s service and come over when it ended. “You can tell they’re emotional,” she said.

“Travis mentioned in the service that this felt like a big day for him also,” Kory said. “Said he was excited about what God was doing on this street.”

Several other cameras flashed around the room, including that of Virgil Tenley, the town’s newspaper photographer. He stopped by the Sanders family reunion every year to take a group photo of the more than two hundred of them, calling their get-togethers a piece of Hope Springs history.

Andy Walters, a longtime reporter for the paper, accompanied Virgil. With the crowd gathered around the pastors, he called out, “What’s it feel like for childhood friends to return to Hope Springs as pastors?”

The guys smiled at one another. “Unbelievable,” Todd said, nodding. “As you probably recall, Andy, we’re the ones who made the news for that little fire hydrant prank. Proves God has a sense of humor, I guess.”

Janelle chuckled with the rest, leaning over to Kory. “Grandma said they got in big trouble for that. I wish she could be here to see this.”

She thought it was sweet that Stephanie wanted to stay home with Grandma Geri. She didn’t have to. Aunt Gladys was there. And Stephanie had wanted to hear Todd’s first sermon, especially after the way his funeral sermon had spoken to her. But when she saw that Grandma Geri wasn’t well enough to go to church, she said she felt like keeping her company.

“I was praying she’d feel better today,” Kory said.

“Dr. Peters said we should know this week how she’s faring with the chemo.”

Andy raised a finger, quieting the crowd. “It’s interesting that you’re both young, and both lived for several years in urban areas—St. Louis and Dallas. What do you think that will mean for this town? Do you think those experiences will affect the way you pastor here?”

Todd and Travis looked at one another to see who would take a stab at it.

“I think,” Travis began, “that God uses who we are and where we’ve been. He’s the One who guided us into those experiences when we left here, and He’s the One who brought us back. So I’m looking forward myself to seeing what it’ll mean.” He put an arm around Todd. “I couldn’t be more pumped to have this guy in town with me.”

“One more question,” Andy said, pausing to jot something down. “Todd, your first sermon at Calvary was about unity in the body. You didn’t mention New Jerusalem, but I’m just wondering . . . would you say unity has been lacking between the two churches?”

“No, I wouldn’t say that at all, Andy.

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