Writer Rediscovers Faith and Gets a Book

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 24, 2009

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Mitch Albom has seen plenty of extremely large men, which isn't surprising after a quarter century as one of America's top sportswriters.

But he wasn't ready for the giant who met him outside the Pilgrim Church's dilapidated Gothic sanctuary near downtown Detroit. The Rev. Henry Covington was as tall as a basketball player, but weighed 400 pounds or more.

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Writer Rediscovers Faith and Gets a Book

"His body seemed to unroll in layers, a broad slab of a chest cascading into a huge belly that hung like a pillow over the belt of his pants. His arms spread the sleeves of his oversized white T- sh...

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