homelessness – REMERGE

Socks needed for feet

I overheard yesterday in the office that we are running very low on men’s and women’s socks for the homeless. Socks are a precious commodity on the street. Without […]

Homeless in the burbs

I think when most people think of homeless they think of inner city areas. They picture a person standing on the sidewalk among the sky scrapers. These are definitely […]

Busy day with a service team

We were able to get quite a bit done today thanks to some extra help from students that came to Church on the Street for a service day. They learned […]

Gray day at Church on the Street

It’s pretty gray, weather wise, at Church on the Street today. Overcast, misty days seem to lessen the crowds we see. I guess they hunker down somewhere out […]

Letter from a youth group

We received this letter this week and wanted to share it. I’m writing from the church youth group in North Carolina. We were in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago […]

Homeless: by the numbers

It can be a little deceiving to try to get an idea of how rampant homelessness is just by looking at the few people we see on the street corner […]

Why I Stand with the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless

Yesterday (5/13/10) I attended the Task Force’s press conference to draw attention to the foreclosure of their shelter and to their federal case that is being played out against the […]

Letter from Atlanta’s Streets: Jail for the Homeless

This is a guest blog written by Matt Smith, a friend and former student of Pastor Andy’s, after he made a short visit to Atlanta and witnessed first hand the […]

Theology of Home

On January 21st I spoke to the Women’s Council of Realtors in Canton, GA. This is an excerpt from the talk I gave there. This talk is deeply indebted to […]

The Problem of Homeless Ministries

When we believed that God was calling us to a particular ministry to love the outcasts, we wanted to first find what was happening on behalf of the poor and […]