Pastor Jay Mace has preached the gospel across Southern West Virginia for more than thirty years. But before he ever stood behind a pulpit, he learned forgiveness on his knees in a trailer park.

He is a United States Marine. A husband. A father of two sons. A grandfather. And before all of that, he was a boy raised by a single mother who worked three jobs, cried herself to sleep behind thin walls, and still got up every morning to fight for him…