[video] 60 seconds to significance: why is work important?
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It’s all about transforming lives. I’ve seen this in rural Kenya, as well as downtown in the city where I live in here in Florida. We all want to feel like we’re able to contribute to society in some way. In fact, I could argue that one of the greatest sources of shame comes [...]
the street
I lay in my bed and see the people on the street. My imagination goes wild. What might it be like to be one living on the street? To have no cool place to lay my head at night. No shelter from the storms that come. To have no privacy, no real space to call [...]
the land of no birthdays
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you all …. Happy birthday to you! As we sang these familiar words, tears formed in the woman’s eyes. But it’s not my birthday, she said. I gently responded to her, That’s okay. Today we’re celebrating all of your birthdays! She couldn’t remember the [...]
[epistle of james] chapter 2
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Read James 2 (NASB, ESV, MSG) when i was kid growing up in the church, the ushers to me were like the royal guard. they were the gate keepers and they were definitely intimidating. all except the one who handed out tootsie rolls to the kids. he was awesome! he never gave me a stern [...]
the McChurch
This is the era of the quick, the easy, the flashy, the bright lights, the fake noses, the artificial, and the shortcuts. Our culture wants fast food, fast service, fast internet, immediate information, instant satisfaction. Sadly, today’s churches are not much different. Our purpose, our passion, the meat of what the church is has been [...]
poverty [not just a third-world problem]
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People go to bed hungry every night, and it’s easy to see it in third-world countries all around the world. But the truth is that there are millions of people right here in the United States that don’t know where their next meal is coming from. What do you need to do in order to [...]
[the 72 project] churches, zoos, and salt shakers
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It is not a habit of mine to sugarcoat things. Every time I write one of these posts, I reread it over and over and find myself grimacing at the words I use. I want to clean it up, soften it, make it “PC”, water it down. I don’t like telling you that Malinda, sweet [...]
[the 72 project] young and homeless
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Now Nashville… Well it is a long ways from California, geographically and culturally. It’s a whole ‘nother world out here. This is not my first trip to Nashville, but this time my purpose is different; I’m here to see — really see with God’s eyes — the homeless and impoverished on the streets and serve [...]
[the 72 project] divine interactions in austin
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So Austin, TX… This post has been a bit delayed now that I am situated in the Nashville, TN area, but I feel it incredibly important to recount what happened in that city. It is quite a city. While it was hard to find homeless in Phoenix, one would have to be blind to not [...]
[the 72 project] a dream and a smile
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Sleepy, our friend at CASS, the homeless shelter on Madison in downtown Phoenix, conveniently had directed Viktor and I to the Phoenix Dream Center on Grand Ave. We drove up to it later that day and I decided I wanted to give that place some of the donations we had received. I just got a [...]
[the 72 project] the beginning: finding direction
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Our first stop: Phoenix, AZ. We aren’t in LA anymore. That’s for sure. The first thing Viktor and I noticed are the homeless are much more difficult to find. In Los Angeles, we have the infamous skid row along with the panhandlers on most corners and the wandering cart-pusher, just to name a few of [...]
shining light on the souls of shadows [purpose of the seventy-two project]
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Two of my personal goals on this trip are to deeply get to know the people God puts in my path, and to share their life stories with as many people as I can so that people can put a name to a face. When I’ve talked to friends or others about helping the homeless [...]
the seventy-two project
Later the Master selected seventy(-two) and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go. He gave them this charge: “What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands. On your way! [...]
a cross-country trip [for the least of these]
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God is moving. I’ve heard so many people saying that recently, yet it’s still so easy for us to continue sitting in our pews at church and leave the moving to God. So I’d like to say instead that God isn’t just moving… God is calling His children to move. And so my friends and [...]
[invisible friday]: vickie
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CAUTION: Some content may be offensive. The hope is that you would get mad enough to do something about it. For more information homelessness in America, check out the following resources: InvisiblePeople.tv Blog haRdLy NOrMal (Mark Horvath’s Blog) End Homelessnes (change.org)
[invisible friday]: billy
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CAUTION: Some content may be offensive. The hope is that you would get mad enough to do something about it. For more information homelessness in America, check out the following resources: InvisiblePeople.tv Blog haRdLy NOrMal (Mark Horvath’s Blog)
[invisible friday]: cecilia and juliana
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CAUTION: Some content may be offensive. The hope is that you would get mad enough to do something about it. For more information homelessness in America, check out the following resources: InvisiblePeople.tv Blog haRdLy NOrMal (Mark Horvath’s Blog)
[invisible friday]: eve
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CAUTION: Some content may be offensive. The hope is that you would get mad enough to do something about it. For more information homelessness in America, check out the following resources: InvisiblePeople.tv Blog haRdLy NOrMal (Mark Horvath’s Blog)
photo journal [compassion]: helping homeless people
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by Carole Turner My 12 year old daughter has gotten up every Thursday at 4:30am for almost two years to go cook and then feed breakfast to the homeless population of Baton Rouge. The breakfast is served at the Baton Rouge Dream Center’s Roselawn location, which is just off Florida Blvd, right down the road [...]
in the name of love
How do you put love into a Ziploc bag? All it takes is a bottle of water, a tuna snack, a granola bar, a fruit cup, a pair of socks (yes, a fresh, clean pair of socks), and a hand-made ‘love note’. Oh, and LOTS of consistency… This is exactly what the young adults that I [...]
