Tag Archives: Homelessness

Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 32)–The richness of being hand-to-mouth

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

A roof over my head and food on my plate. Yesterday, completely by happenstance, I got the chance to meet someone a little better. I’d just dropped my third grade daughter at the church for her regular choir practice, and was … Continue reading →

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Can you do without it?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

I’ve noticed in the past few weeks reports that we (or at least some of us) may be moving rapidly towards a cashless society. Don’t panic: the intention is not to do without money, far from it. Sweden’s plans are … Continue reading →

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Oh, what a night?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

They said it was not a normal night. It surely was not. I do not go out to feed homeless people normally. When some church friends had asked if I would volunteer to do the Grate Patrol, I said yes … Continue reading →

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