Bishop Robert Harrison was commuting from his Paradise, California, home Thursday morning when a spiritual urge he couldn’t ignore hit hard.

“I had several promptings to turn around; turn around and go back,” he said Friday.

The wildfire that would eventually consume much of Paradise, destroy two of Bishop Harrison’s homes and incinerate the Latter-day Saint meetinghouses he loved seemed far off at that initial moment of inspiration.

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