Nathan
While walking this morning in Portland, Oregon I met Nathan. Too me the weather In Pacific Northwest is nasty and I don’t know how people survive on the streets. Nathan told me he has a sleeping back, a few jackets and uses storefront awnings when he can to stay dry. Nathan has been homeless off and on since we was …
Read MoreButch
40 years. That’s how long Butch has been homeless. It began in 1969. Butch was just a teenager living in Cleveland, Ohio. His family fell apart, and he became homeless. Today, he is confined to a wheelchair. He begs for money to eat everyday. He says he’s doing the best he can, given the circumstances. Still – I can’t get …
Read MoreTim
Last winter shelter season my eyes and heart opened up to the horrible plight of sex offenders living on the streets. Our street outreach team was called to find shelter for a man. He was a registered sex offender, so he wasn’t allowed to stay at the winter shelter. He had done everything right, reported to the police and the …
Read MoreDale
The day I met Dale, he was in the middle of a crowded San Francisco sidewalk. But he was very much alone. He was in his wheelchair, trying to position his body upright so he could pick through the contents of a garbage can. Swarms of people, tourists and businesspeople, hurried past. They all seemed too busy to stop and …
Read MoreLife Sentences for Minors: Unconstitutional and Unjust or Fair and Necessary?
The Supreme Court will be making decisions this week concerning whether or not it is unconstitutional to sentence minors to life sentences without the possibility of parole for crimes that do not involve a death. What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you think that it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a minor to a life in …
Read MoreFaith Structures
I am in the process of finishing up an article about faith formation in individuals with disabilities. For those who are not affected intellectually by their disability, perhaps most of the questions one might have about faith development are pretty much the same. There might be additional questions about God’s sovereignity, about what might be expected of the Body of …
Read MorePam
I met Pam while passing through Cleveland, Ohio. She is mother and a grandmother who never thought she would become homeless. Many people think that if a person has close family members, they can just go live with family when all else fails. But for Pam and many others, it’s just not that simple. Pam wished for a home; I …
Read MoreI-TEC: Indiginous People’s Technology and Education Center
I-TEC: Develop, Produce and Distribute unique tools and training for frontier areas. Train and Equip indigenous God-followers to care for the physical and spiritual needs of their people. Build Bridges of understanding and partnership between Christian churches in developed nations and those in frontier areas. I-TEC supports the Great Commission by assisting the “hidden” church in its journey toward independence under the lordship …
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