Chosen Fast

“Is this not the fast which I choose… to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house…” Isaiah 58:6-7

Shine your light and let the whole world see

posted: August 3, 2008 | category: faith
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You can go home again: Kimberly finds her dad

posted: July 13, 2008 | category: homelessness
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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 […]

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Best birthday gift

posted: June 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
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This is what I’m doing for my birthday:

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I just have to decide which of the many homeless helping organizations to choose as the receiver. Maybe I’ll just make a list. That whole “it’s better to give than receive” thing? I’ve definitely discovered that it’s so, so true. I never want […]

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Joseph’s House: Saving our sons from the street

posted: June 14, 2008 | category: homelessness
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“This is not a sad story, this is a fairy tale. You better know it.”

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Joseph’s House is saving our sons from the street. Visit Joseph’s House online. Donate online to support the work of Joseph’s House, and help Miss Nancy save our sons and daughters.
Multimedia presentation by Carly Calhoun.

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‘Bum Bot’ chases away the homeless

posted: April 22, 2008 | category: homelessness
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The “Bum Bot” chases away homeless people and drug dealers from a downtown Atlanta neighborhood.

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Some neighbors appreciate Rufus Terrill’s robotic security guard. The bar owner and day care center board member built the robot to help him safely patrol the neighborhood. But homeless advocates are not amused.
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Homeless people respond to Google’s plan to donate phone numbers and voicemail

posted: April 18, 2008 | category: homelessness
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MobLogic.tv interviews homeless people at The Bowery Mission in New York to get their thoughts on Google’s plan to give phone numbers and voicemail to the homeless:

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You must hear this

posted: April 14, 2008 | category: faith
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This is just so amazing.

My mom got the link in her email and we marveled. I keep playing it over and over and my youngest son is getting a little annoyed (understatement), but, I mean, listen to her…
God blessed.  No doubt.

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I am a friend of God

posted: April 11, 2008 | category: faith
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“Who am I that You are mindful of me, that you hear me when I call? Is it true that You are thinking of me? How You love me… It’s amazing. I am a friend of God. I am a friend of God. I am a friend of God. […]

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Greater things are still to be done in this city

posted: March 31, 2008 | category: faith
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Via Facebook today from fellow NightWatcher, Brittany:
I was just sitting here thinking about you and the people of Greensboro. I wanted to send you this video for Charlotte and you can imagine the people and places of Greensboro!!!! I believe this with all my heart over Charlotte and Greensboro as well. Be blessed […]

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Santa Billy’s bike and chicken farm

posted: March 26, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
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A friend and I stopped by Blogging Poet Billy Jones’ house on Tuesday afternoon, where he was waiting for the Bicentennial Torch Run to pass through. We went to Billy’s to pick up a bicycle that he repaired and was donating for another friend who needed transportation, after recently moving from homelessness to housing. […]

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