Thankful Day with the Homeless

Thankful Day with the Homeless

I have just returned from speaking engagements and meetings.  Although these opportunities give me the chance to share about what God is doing through Church on the Street and to encourage the church to love the least of their neighbors, it also takes me away from my friends on the streets.  Today I had a bit of time […]

Who are the most vulnerable?

In it’s simplest form, here is the mission of Church on the Street: Living For And With Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors.  So who are the most vulnerable?  If you know anything about our mission you know that the homeless are near the top of the list.  But our mission goes further than that. Here is […]

When the homeless pray for you

I guess any of us that work with the homeless just assume that we’re doing all of the giving.  We’re out there trying to reach as many of them as we can and hopefully show them the way out.  But I learned this Saturday that it’s a two way street. A week or so ago […]

Why are the homeless so sleepy?

Have you ever wondered why you see so many homeless people sleeping in the middle of the day?  I know that for many of us, me included, our first response is that they must be drunk or on drugs.  I mean, why else would you be asleep on the ground in the middle of the […]

Homeless in the Capital

Jodi and I are in Washington D.C. for a few days.  We were walking from our hotel to find dinner a little earlier.  We are just a couple of blocks from the capital.  I guess I should have expected to find homeless people here like anywhere else, but it shocked me more than I thought. […]

When the light walks in the darkness flees

My wife, Jodi, and I were down at the park with the rest of the crew this weekend for Saturdays on the Street.  We were all standing around at the park steps where all of the normal drug trade takes place and I noticed Jodi a few steps away talking to who I thought was one […]

Are homeless people a problem?

San Francisco has a new program they’re rolling out to combat homelessness [Atlanta has already instituted this program].  They’re called homeless meters.  They’re just like parking meters except the money goes to homeless shelters.  They’re goal is to keep people from having to give money directly to the homeless.  They can put it in the […]

The forgettable homeless

As some of you may or may not know, I help Pastor Andy and Church on the Street with their social media efforts.  That means that I contribute to this blog as well as the activity on Facebook and Twitter. It’s something that I try to do on a daily basis.  Blogging is by far […]

Symptoms and Diseases

I have been reading this great book called Begging for Change by Robert Egger.  He is the founder of the DC Central Kitchen.  The book is a strong critique of the nonprofit world and its tendency to work in isolation from others in the service world instead of cooperation, its tendency to get caught up […]

Word of the day: Homeless

I wish we didn’t have the word homeless in our vocabulary.  Obviously, I wish it was because homelessness didn’t exist, but since it does I wish there was another way to describe it. The word homeless creates mental images.  Whether we like it or not, when you or I hear the word homeless, we get […]