Unexpected bad news in my email this morning, from NCCEH: The North Carolina Interagency Council on Coordinating Homeless Programs has canceled the 2008 Conference on Homelessness. The NC Department of Health and Human Services has found it necessary to cancel this year’s conference because of immediate cuts due to the … > read more
I have literally lost track of the number of alcoholics and addicts I know who have used their disability checks, utility checks and food stamp cards to get alcohol and drugs. I have concluded that putting any kind of benefits check or a food stamp card directly in the hands … > read more
A few years ago, I had a painful, end-of-the-spiritual-rope, disappointed, disillusioned, despairing, ministry-burnout experience. It was lonely and painful. And in the midst of it, I cried out to God and begged, “I just want to serve people. That’s all I want. I just want to go scrub toilets. I … > read more
One morning this week, I was driving to a meeting, late as usual, and I came up to an intersection and saw a man flying a sign that said, “Homeless and hungry.” I didn’t have time to stop and talk to him, or tell him about the free meal places … > read more