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Jon and Mindy were married in California in the 1970s. They began serving God together, side by side, reaching out to students, hippies, and freaks.
\nJon took up a post as a college pastor, but was kicked out for \u201cassociating with charismatics.\u201d He was informed that he had \u201cno discernible spiritual gifts.\u201d With this rousing endorsement ringing in their ears, Jon and Mindy moved north to the town of Grants Pass, Oregon. They began a Bible study in a barn with fifteen people. Within two years it was a church of 500 feral hippies\u20145 per cent of the town\u2019s entire population.
\nJon and Mindy\u2019s new congregation mostly lived off the land, many in teepees and tree houses, weaving their own yarn, dropping acid, and experimenting with shamanism. One of their first baptism services took place in a Rosicrucian nudist colony in the Siskiyou Mountains. \u201cYou had to be real careful where you put your hands,\u201d laughs Jon whenever he tells the story. One day a beanpole called Terry, with long hair and long, tie-dyed robes, approached Jon, smiling.
\n\u201cI just came to Jesus, man,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cAwesome!\u201d
\n\u201cYeah, but I need to know what to do now.\u201d Terry looked around as if he didn\u2019t want to be overheard. He began fiddling with the beads round his neck. \u201cThe thing is,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019ve got a garden.\u201d
\n\u201cOK,\u201d said Jon reassuringly. \u201cGod likes gardens!\u201d<\/a>
\n\u201cNo, you don\u2019t understand,\u201d said Terry. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty big, man.\u201d
\n\u201cYep, that\u2019s fine, Terry. The Garden of Eden must have been pretty big too.\u201d
\n\u201cBut it\u2019s all just marijuana,\u201d said the hippie. \u201cAnd it\u2019s big. Hidden away up in the forest. Like, it\u2019s worth about 300,000 dollars. What do I do with it now I\u2019m with Jesus?\u201d
\nJon thought for a moment. This guy was farming marijuana on an industrial scale. It was his livelihood. But it was also massively illegal.
\n\u201cTerry, you\u2019ve got to burn it. Not just because it\u2019s hash and it\u2019s illegal, but because it\u2019s got your heart.\u201d<\/strong>
\nLater that night, deep in the forests of Oregon, dozens of hippies in kaftans, beads, and overalls arrived at a particular location in pick-up trucks, carrying burning torches. Many of them gasped at the sight of the largest quantity of pot they\u2019d ever seen.
\nSolemnly Terry knelt by his handiwork, praying a prayer to dedicate his marijuana to Jesus. \u201cMay it be a pleasing aroma unto Thee, O Lord,\u201d he said with feeling, and everyone laughed their \u201cAmen!\u201d And then, carefully checking the wind direction and ensuring that no one had accidentally strayed downwind, they offered God the biggest, holiest spliff you can imagine, and went home rejoicing, laughing and free.<\/p>\n

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This is just one of many stories from the 24-7 prayer movement captured in Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You<\/em><\/a> by Pete Grieg. Get started from the beginning- read chapter one here<\/a>\u00a0to begin a journey through astounding stories of answered prayer from the frontiers of faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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