Widow of Zarephath

Mrs. Looyenga is a mother in the Protestant Reformed Church in South Holland, Illinois. The land is parched here. Not one small, tender root has sprouted forth from this cracked ground, it seems, forever. Our god, our Baal, is found to be no friend to widow or to fatherless. It is my guess that one small meal remains for us -- my son and me. We'll eat -- and then we'll die. Already Hunger pains us daily -- stalks -- with Death not far behind. And now, who stands before,...