Several years ago, I read an article in Reader’s Digest about a man in a business suit at lunch in New York City who handed out tracts to every passerby. This gesture went on for days, weeks, and months. At one point, this man stopped giving out tracts. Within a day another man — also wearing a business suit — felt it so important that he took up the tradition and also started handing out tracts.
A few months later I wrote a talk for a Christian retreat of how Christians can evangelize to the community. I told this story and gave every participant tracts. I shared many other outreach stories but I did not know the grace that was bestowed on a retreat participant named Joe.
Three months later Joe’s son attended the next retreat. Joe’s son shared and said the reason he came to the retreat was that he saw his father Joe handing out tracts at the Hoboken Train Station.
Sharing is replicated.
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Editor’s Note
: A tract is a literary work — usually a pamphlet — primarily religious in nature. Tracts are often either left for someone to find or handed out.)
