Stone Soup Leadership Institute

Shine on In Montana
When a Jewish mother and her 5-year-old son placed a menorah in their window, someone threw a brick through it. This is the story about how another mother, Margaret McDonald got her church and the entire town of Billings, Montana to stand together against the hate crimes in their community. Asked about the risks of confronting the hate groups, the police said, “There’s greater risk in not doing it.” In the end, Christians and Jews learned the power of standing together in the face of hatred, overcoming violence with love, and experienced the miracle of the light shining through the darkness