i~ii<br > American Street Saints in Action<br > "It s important to strengthen our communities by unleashing the compassion of<br > America s religious institufons. Religious charities of every creed are doing some<br > of the most vital work in our country--mentoring children， feeding the hungry，<br > taking the hand of the lonely."--President George W. Bush， State of file Union<br > Address，January 20， 2004<br > Kirbyjon Caiclwell: Windsor Village and the Power Center<br > though he didn t know it at the time， when Kirbyjon Caldwell showed<br > Governor George W. Bush the Power Center in Houston in 1997， it<br >lit the fuse of a paradigm-busting vision to renew the soul of America. The<br >man who soon thereafter became the President of the United States saw<br >up close what could happen to transform a gritty strip mall into a havell of<br >health and hope and transform a community fiom the inside out.<br > When Kirbyjon Caldwell took over Windsor Village United Meth~)d-<br >ist Church in 1982， it drew only a dozen stragglers on Sunday. He<br >launched an incendiary renewal that now attracts more than thirteen thou-<br >sand members and deploys them in a hundred ministries throughout tile<br >community， aiding battered children， drug addicts， and people seeking<br >work. Intrigued by an article about Caldwell in a Dallas newspaper， theIl-<br >