The Rev. Joseph Darby had been losing some weight according to his doctor’s advice, but when the dieting stopped and the weight loss didn’t, he grew concerned.
The diagnosis of cancer came as a shock, and the senior pastor of Charleston’s Morris Brown AME Church momentarily forgot about such things as grace and love and awe and forgiveness.
He cursed.
Then he considered his faith and family, his congregation, his community.
“We’ll deal with it,” he told himself. “Your life is not just in your hands. There is a higher power that is infinitely powerful and knows best.”