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Peace From A Pallet®: From Consumers to Producers A Mindset Shift. A Community Transformation. James 3:18

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  Peace From A Pallet®: From Consumers to Producers A Mindset Shift. A Community Transformation. James 3:18 Most people believe change happens when we receive more. More resources. More programs. More assistance. More opportunities. But lasting transformation begins when people start thinking differently. It begins when consumers become producers. A consumer asks: What can I get? Who will help me? What is available for me? A producer asks: What can I create? Who can I help? What can I build for others? That is the shift. The photographs tell the story. A simple wooden pallet, often discarded and overlooked, becomes a raised garden box. An empty piece of land becomes a place of possibility. Children become gardeners. Neighbors become builders. Volunteers become teachers. Communities become producers. What once appeared to be waste becomes a source of life. What once appeared to be a vacant lot becomes a classroom. What once appeared to be a problem becomes a solution. Peace...

PEACE FROM A PALLET®: An Epiphany for Kyev Tatum. How God Used a Pallet and a Sunflower to Reveal a New Way of Seeing People, Communities, and Possibility.

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PEACE FROM A PALLET®: An Epiphany for Kyev Tatum.  How God Used a Pallet and a Sunflower to Reveal a New Way of Seeing People, Communities, and Possibility. CBS Story on the Peace From A Pallet Network:  https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/fort-worth-church-building-garden-boxes-to-help-address-food-insecurity/ James 3:18 “And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” By Angels in the Hood Media Network FORT WORTH, Texas — God has a way of hiding profound truths in ordinary things. Moses found God speaking through a burning bush. David learned faith while tending sheep. Jesus taught eternal truths through seeds, vineyards, fishermen, and fields. For Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr., God used a pallet and a sunflower. What eventually became known as Peace From A Pallet® did not begin as a ministry program, a community initiative, or a strategic plan. It began with a burden. A question. And ultimately, an epiphany. The story begins during one of the most d...