 Shingles for the Lord

"Shingles for the Lord" is a short story written by the American author William Faulkner, first published in "The Saturday Evening Post" in 1943.The story takes place in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County focusing on Res Grier, a struggling farmer, as he joins his neighbors in roofing the old church house and is narrated by his son in colloquial language.