Facebook status, today, 5:00 a.m.:
“Hard to sleep. Depression hurts everywhere. Makes other pain, illness and injury harder to bear. I hope today will be a better day. Why status this? I have a major depressive disorder — a chronic, disabling illness of the brain. There should be no stigma or shame attached. Time to speak out.”
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This is the song on my lips and in my heart these days — a song of hope and healing, a song that restores and refills me when the flood of pain around me threatens to overwhelm my soul:
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Surveilling the homeless: What will the City of Greensboro think of next?
From a formerly homeless friend’s Facebook wall:
“FREE PHOTO SHOOT-care to have your picture taken? -As of yesterday a new camera was put on the block. UNDER SURVEILLANCE-hmm… the block has been put on surveillance. There is a nice camera that takes your picture, and then tells you that you need to go. Its posted.”
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This song was performed at the Night of Remembrance at Grace Community Church in Greensboro on Wednesday, December 17th, commemorating National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 2008:
Lyrics below
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“The glory of His perfect love is the heart of the story — the glory of the blood.”
Lyrics below.
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Talking to a girlfriend today about a mutual friend whose addiction is slowly, but surely, killing our friendship. She said, “You gotta hear this song.”
[Sigh.] Yeah…. what she said. Love my friends. Hate, hate, hate addiction.
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My friend Ben Holder has privated his “Troublemaker” blog for a while. He has “a lot of balls in the air right now,” and “Graham’s in second grade now and he has homework every night.” And Ben has a busy schedule of his own. So he’s taking a blog break.
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Sometime in May, a homeless man named Mark Hoffman left his park bench near Friendly Shopping Center and Centenary United Methodist Church in Greensboro. His absence caused much concern to the many people who had grown accustomed to seeing him over the years, sitting on “his” bench or attending services at the church or visiting a restaurant at the shopping center. Like other folks involved in homeless outreach, I hoped to hear that Mark was OK, wherever he was. His daughter Kimberly wanted more. After reading of his disappearance in the paper, she longed to see her dad again.
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Is your life affected by someone else’s drinking, drugging or mental illness? To help them, you have to help yourself first.
» Al-Anon / Alateen
» Al-Anon / Alateen of Greensboro & High Point
» Mental Health Association in Greensboro
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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
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This is the song I’m lovin’ today:
Lyrics in the video and below.