A nice profile from the Courant of a South Windsor pastor who’s come a long way back from terrible injuries suffered in a fire:

“Maybe the Lord allowed me to go through this trial as a teaching tool to point out how God wants us to respond when trials come to our life,” he said.

A born-again Christian, [Pastor Andrew] Knight has spoken in churches along the East Coast and as far away as Albuquerque, hoping to spread his message of faith.

“I used to think, ‘Well, fires only happen to someone else — tragedy would never happen to me,’” Knight said. “The question is, ‘How are you going to respond?’ That’s where my story has some teeth to it.”

This year, Knight is thankful he can walk and support himself financially. He has moved his startup church, Constitution Baptist Church, into a building he rents for $1 a month.

He counts these among his blessings. “I call them the doors of opportunity that the Lord has opened up. The Bible says that all promotion comes from above, so I have to deflect any thanks to the Lord.”

Read more here and if you’re in the South Windsor area, visit Constitution Baptist Church.