Echols: A column for those who’ve had a brush with Christianity
"When was the last time you let a big body of water mess with your heart? When was the last time you gazed up at the sky so long that you noticed a bird flying high enough it was almost too small to spot?" (Courtesy Candace Echols)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
“Perhaps they grew up going to church, but it felt dull. Perhaps they went to Christian school, but didn’t click with their classmates. Perhaps they had a sibling or a friend or a mother who prayed for them, but it never really took.”
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