Trump raises his voice. Hillary yells even louder. People are dazzled by the large number of gold medals won at the Olympics. A crazy guy with suction cups for shoes climbs a New York skyscraper. Residents of several Louisiana parishes are reeling from devastating floods. Louisiana. Flooding. Statistics are given. Property losses calculated. A rising death toll is tallied. And there she lies: The Broken Body of Christ, God’s church. What? You read correctly. The Broken Body o

“I am typing this email with my eye.” The writer of the email was Wesley Harville, a disabled pastor in Arkansas, afflicted with ALS. The email was sent to Dr. John Dee Jeffries, CEO/Acquisitions Editor, Published By Parables and long-term pastor of First Baptist Church, Chalmette, Louisiana. Jeffries also serves on the Executive Board of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. Jeffries shared that Published By Parables began as a hobby then quickly became a business then an anoi