Archive for the 'faith' Category
No more tears
posted: August 20, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness
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The story of a man dying homeless and alone is tragic and sad. It’s the kind of thing that might make you want to cry. But after I’d been involved in urban ministry for a while, I learned that I couldn’t cry about every thing, because I’d never stop. I’d just cry all the time, […]
Read More..>>Friday night dinner
posted: August 17, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: downtown, Food Not Bombs, free meals, Greensboro, homeless needs, hunger, police
Tim, Lowell and I spent Friday afternoon in the kitchen of the Salvation Army church cooking and preparing the evening meal. Tim and Lowell cook regularly for Food Not Bombs, and they are pros in the kitchen.
We cooked/prepared/baked: baked beans, baked yams, barbecued pork chops, chicken and pasta, pasta and vegetables, mixed green salad, cakes […]
Feeding the people: two down, one to go
posted: August 15, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless needs, hunger
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the sky after shopping
Friday’s breakfast
after the rush
serving it up!
My friends Tim, Janet, Steve,Vicky, Travis, Deb, Justin, Brian, Jerry, Marshall and I (and the guys from the Grace small group — sorry, I can’t remember everyone’s names!) have received lots of help […]
Read More..>>My church struggles with how to love our homeless neighbors
posted: August 4, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: alcohol, crack cocaine, homeless news, housing, policy
Blankets, clothing and other items left out in the open by homeless people who sleep outside at Grace Community Church are stacked beside the dumpster a few days before it’s scheduled to be emptied, giving them a chance to retrieve their things.
My church, Grace Community on West Lee Street, is struggling with how to answer […]
Picture this: DayWatch at the Central library and Coliseum Inn
posted: August 4, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: downtown, Greensboro, homeless news, hunger, photos
This past Saturday, Deb and I did DayWatch (street outreach to the homeless and others) at the downtown library and Coliseum Inn, with members of her church, Mosaic. Please click on the photos below for descriptions and details about what we did, who we served, and more.
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Shine your light and let the whole world see
posted: August 3, 2008 | category: faith
tags: lyrics, music, video
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darkness and light
posted: July 18, 2008 | category: faith
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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”
– Og Mandino
This is for friends who are going through some valleys right now, and for those of us who need a little rest and healing. And for you, too, if you […]
ok, so this…
posted: July 9, 2008 | category: faith, mental health
tags: depression, music
“…I needed something to hang onto, something that would speak to the very depths of my soul in a way that I understood, in a way that my woundedness would accept. It wasn’t a bible verse, it wasn’t a sacred hymn, it wasn’t a sermon or a worship song or anything you might expect it […]
Read More..>>When pain is all around
posted: July 2, 2008 | category: faith
tags: lyrics, music
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The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
– Zephaniah 3:17
Hot Dish and Hope on Greene Street
posted: June 17, 2008 | category: community, faith
tags: downtown, hunger, you can help
Downtown churches are launching a new dinner ministry for those in need on Tuesday evenings, beginning in July:
Prayer and worship | Free hot dinner | Unlimited hope
HOT DISH AND HOPE ON GREENE STREET
A family-friendly ministry for people in need, where all who participate will give and receive.
Come if you need dinner and a full measure […]
