I wasn’t surprised to learn that there’s a homeless refugee in Greensboro. But I am surprised to hear that he’s the first. Soe Win, 56, arrived in 2007 to be resettled by Lutheran Family Services. Now destitute and suffering from a breakdown, he arrived in mid-November at the homeless day … > read more
Urban Ministry estimated it served 4,000 meals Thursday. Sam Wood appreciates the warm food and kindness of the volunteers. He has held retail and odd jobs his whole working life, but when he lost his last job and got divorced, he found himself on the streets for nearly two years. … > read more
Jeri Rowe writes about the life and death of James Roscoe Davis, a homeless man I first met at a Wednesday night dinner at Grace Community Church, years ago. The Roscoe I knew was chronically homeless, mentally ill, addicted. Rowe’s article revealed the Roscoe I never knew — the real … > read more
One night a year or so ago, I was at my church, getting things out of the kitchen for street outreach, and half-listening to the mostly incoherent mutterings of my friend, Al — a homeless schizophrenic. His face this night was wrinkled and troubled, his thoughts jumbled, his eyes unfocused. … > read more
I wrote about the guys on the block (and more) for the News & Record: “When there’s nowhere to go,” by Michele Forrest; published Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. It’s online here, and reposted below: My ministry partner, Audrie Keen, and I provide a street outreach to the homeless in Greensboro, … > read more