Posted on July 30th, 2006 in Uncategorized
Riding down the street with Momma:
“I find that billboard to be ironic:
‘Premature birth kills. Give all babies nine months.’
Premature birth does kill. It’s called abortion.”
Tell it, Momma.
Archive for July, 2006
Posted on July 30th, 2006 in community
Laurie’s blog amazes me. She takes sensuous photos of food. She writes mouthwatering prose. Her blog makes me want to garden, cook, eat and hug. Barefoot. 
Posted on July 29th, 2006 in Uncategorized
A WFMY video shows volunteers doing an annual graffiti cleanup in Greensboro. Cameo appearance by GPD’s Tim Tepedino, friend of local homeless advocates and foe of graffiti artists everywhere.
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in faith
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” — Romans 12:18
Sometimes the hardest place to live in peace is around your own family. A friend and I were talking about that recently. We love our families (both immediate and extended) more than anything other than Christ, and they inspire our deepest and fiercest loyalties. But they can also make us madder and more frustrated than just about anybody else on the planet. (And this is all vice versa, because we know they always love us but are completely exasperated with us sometimes, too.)
Read more on To Live At Peace…
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in faith
“They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall partake of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hidden in the sand.” Deut. 33:19
Read more on Treasures in the Sand…
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in Uncategorized
Poor people have long struggled to pay the rent. Now in some places, middle class people can’t find affordable housing, either. Moving the problem up a social class has also turned up the media attention, as well as efforts to find solutions.
Read more on Empathy v. Sympathy: Affordable Housing Woes…
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in faith
Pastor Tom Barron is back home in High Point after a ransom was paid to secure his release from Haitian kidnappers. And speaking of his ordeal to a News & Record reporter, Barron says: “I prayerfully believe this is of the Lord. God didn’t let this happen; this was of evil. But God was there to rescue and protect us from evil.”
Read more on Released Pastor Speaks: “God Was There” in Haiti Kidnapping…
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in faith
This is my favorite site to stream (free!) gospel while I’m at my computer. And my favorite song here is “You Are The Living Word” by Fred Hammond (in the last section, “Old & Gospel Classic.”)
Read more on Streaming Gospel Online (free!!)…
Posted on July 28th, 2006 in faith
Driving home from a meeting this morning, I heard this gospel song:
“What God has for me, it is for me. I know without a doubt that he will bring me out. What God has for me, it is for me.”
Read more on “For Me” (And You, Too)…
Tags: God
Posted on July 27th, 2006 in homelessness
A new comment prompted an update to an older post about advocates’ battle to serve meals to the homeless in Asheville.
A similar situation cropped up recently in Orlando.
Posted on July 26th, 2006 in homelessness
The City of Orlando has banned Food Not Bombs from feeding homeless folks in downtown parks, citing safety and sanitation concerns. FNB vows to continue anyway. Read more here. (Link to Washington Post article; also found in today’s News & Record, print edition, but article not posted online.)
Greensboro’s Food Not Bombs chapter feeds homeless people three times per week: at the Central library on Mondays, and at St. Mary’s House on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Read more on Orlando Says “No” To Feeding Homeless in City Park…