Simple Man, a Short Story by Niles Reddick
When COVID began to sweep across America, schools, business, and even churches closed, and the country was quiet, it was like a sore on a diabetic foot. The sore didn’t heal and turned into gangrene when George Floyd couldn’t breathe and was murdered on asphalt. When stores reopened because losses were too great, the church stayed closed while protestors lined the streets, marched, and demanded justice for Floyd and others. Ministers blamed a bishop for staying closed, contin