WORLD magazine
Amid a big-box exodus from high crime areas, some store owners see staying as ministry
JERUSHA SUNDEM WATCHED A LARGE security monitor in the back office of her midsized grocery store in Everett, Wash. A bearded, middle-aged man in plaid pajama pants, a black hoodie, and a denim jacket lingered in the frozen food section.
The man glanced up the aisle, opened the freezer door, and grabbed a Double Gold ice cream bar. Then he sneaked around the corner to a quieter aisle with fewer security cameras and stuffed the bar into his jacket.
Jerusha had seen enough.
