I’ve been studying what the Bible has to say about caring for the poor, the hungry, the homeless, and the hurting. I came across a really thought-provoking article on the internet: …Sometimes Christians, in their eagerness to be compassionate and Christ-like, fail to recognize that God put limitations on this … > read more
My ministry partner, Audrie Keen, describes what we saw while doing street outreach today: Hurting, lonely people. People who have no voice, people who are hungry, people who need to be warm and have no sleeping bag when the temps drop. People who are heavily addicted to drugs and don’t … > read more
On the block: Patrol cop says guys can talk to us but then have to go. They ask, why can we talk but not wait for work? Cop: Doing my job.
Comments on another site reminded me of these words from a homeless friend: “Everybody’s always trying to give us job training. We just want a job.”
Good editorial in today’s News & Record: “Clearing out The Block”: Greensboro police last week stepped up loitering enforcement and effectively cleared the place known as “The Block.” Just like that. Through a series of 30-minute patrols, officers shooed away the clusters of mostly men who routinely gather at the … > read more
Two days ago, I wrote about “the block” at Lee and Eugene Streets being empty. The block is a long-time gathering spot where folks, many of them homeless, are known to loiter and drink. A friend, who catches a bus just down the sidewalk, had contacted me to tell me … > read more
Sources say that a Monday night Meeting between County Commissioner Chair Skip Alston and constituents in the downtown area may have impacted yesterday’s County Commissioners’ vote to give $275,000 to Greensboro’s proposed downtown homeless day center. The center was tentatively scheduled to open this month, but the opening has been … > read more
A friend contacted me yesterday to tell me that police were no longer allowing people to stand on “the block,” a well-known and long-time gathering spot at the corner of Lee and Eugene Streets near the homeless shelter, soup kitchen and health clinic. Traditionally, most of the people who stood … > read more
“Whether they go is not an option; how and when they go is up to them.” A source tells me that construction on the next phase of the Downtown Greenway could begin as soon as mid-November. Installation of traffic lights on Lee Street could be completed by the end of … > read more
Message from a friend today: haha.. so i have been on the block today.. the fact is..the block isnt the block anymore. the police have taken their trash cans away, and have literally pulled up on the guys up there and told them that they cant stand in front of … > read more