From Doug Clark, “Off the Record:”
“A moment of inspiration drew Karen Olsen into a ministry she’s been urgently pursuing for more than 20 years now. The Summit, N.J., resident explained at tonight’s Guilford Interfaith Hospitality Network dinner. Olsen was divorced, raising two sons and managing a successful career in New York. Like everyone else, she stepped around the ‘scary’ homeless people scattered along city sidewalks. Until one day. ‘My heart was aching to help someone,’ she said. Suddenly she let her heart take over … bought a sandwich … gave it to a woman … ‘ended up talking to Millie … she had a name…’”
» Keep reading, “An urgency to help the homeless.”
