I saw one of my homeless friends at church Sunday. He’s been trying to get off the street for a while, and trying to get help for mental illness. It’s hard to get housing when you have no income, and it’s hard to get help for mental illness when you’re … > read more
When you belong to the world, the world tells you who you are. But when you belong to Jesus, your identity is in Him. And Jesus said: “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world … > read more
I saw one of my homeless friends at the library today, and he had a bright green bandage wrapped around his arm. “What happened?,” I asked, concerned. “Plasma,” he replied. I knew that some homeless people sold plasma. But I didn’t know the details, so I asked him to tell … > read more
Yesterday, I spent time with a homeless friend who’s working hard to get off the street before another winter gets here, and he’s struggling against the barriers. He talked to me about some of the difficulties that homeless people face in Greensboro: Greensboro’s primary homeless shelter for adults houses individuals … > read more
I dropped by the downtown library this evening, where the Food Not Bombs crew feeds the homeless on Monday evenings. I sat on a bench and talked to several of my homeless friends that I hadn’t seen recently. We all shivered in the breezy cold. As I drove home to … > read more
Talking to team leader Steve Still today about NightWatch. Frustrated about the lack of options for emergency shelter for homeless people in Greensboro. For families, there’s GIHN and Pathways. They stay full all year ’round. (I think Pathways had 40 families on the waiting list, last time I checked.) They’re … > read more
ICH Director Philip Mangano was back in Greensboro on Friday to speak to housing providers and to lunch with faith community leaders as a follow-up to his February visit, kicking off the Guilford County Task Force to End Homelessness. An N&R article editorial captures Mangano’s consistent message about the need … > read more
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol … that our lives had become unmanageable. “I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” (Romans 7:18) 2. Came to … > read more
The following are quotes from homeless people who spoke Tuesday at a forum to collect information for the Guilford County Task Force on Ending Homelessness. The Task Force’s administrative assistant was there and took “official” notes, but I wrote down as much as I could, too, because I want the … > read more
Via email: Guilford County Task Force to End Homelessness Announces New Website Under the leadership of the Homelessness Prevention Coalition of Guilford County, the United Way of Greater Greensboro, and the United Way of Greater High Point, the Guilford County Task Force to End Homelessness has announced the launch of … > read more