(A message I sent family on 26 April 2006.) Disease, or sin? To the best of my knowledge, the “disease theory of alcoholism” began with...

(Originally published 09/28/13 at Trojan Horse Productions . Republished here 10/31/13.) (Saying “part 1” just in case. There may or may...

(Originally published 06/06/13 at Trojan Horse Productions . Republished here 10/30/13.) This has been a very heavy day, and there’s a...

(Originally published 05/09/12 at Trojan Horse Productions . Republished here 10/30/13.) At work on Tuesday 05/08/12, the radio station...

Main points: (1) God always provides more than you need. (2) Use well what you’ve got now; only then will you get more. (3) What you...

(Originally posted 10/08/13.) Matthew 25: 14 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property...

(Originally posted 05/14/15. Reblogged 09/12/24.)) Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor...

(Originally posted 08/06/14. Reblogged 08/15/24.) Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges $3 a night. I was holding my money in my hand, and someone playfully tugged at it. I snapped. I said, “You don’t value your life much, do you?” Minutes later, I explained this to someone else. I said, “Don’t take a man’s last dollar.” “Why not?” he asked. I said, ” ‘Cause that’s the one he’ll die for. That’s the one he’ll kill for.” Don’t tak

(Originally published 08/11/12 at Trojan Horse Productions; reblogged 10/30/13 here.) If you go into a men’s room and see that someone’s...

Do I want to become a mainstream person? My visions for myself have been (1) becoming self-supporting while still staying at the shelter;...

Bookmarks: F the System. • Section 8 discrimination ———— ♦ ———— Forget the System. The System ain’t gone do nothing for us . We’ve got...

A grassy lot inspires a vision of what can be when a community cares for itself. When I take the bus to church in the morning, I normally...

That’s the law. Accordingly, this speech I just heard a mother direct to her one-year old: “Shut the fuck up. Yo’ little punk ass always...

As of March 7, I will have been homeless five years. This morning I took first concrete steps to get myself into transitional housing....

Janell Ross’s 12/19/15 WaPo column includes a remarkable statement: The abbreviated and not at all easy life of Freddie Gray was, to some...

Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor kids have smaller brains than affluent kids I...

Cornel West channels Martin Luther King Jr. to criticize Obama Friday 2014-12-26 Learning happiness can take you out of your comfort...

I don’t like Elder Conrad. At the shelter, they compel us to attend chapel every night. A different group presents each night, following...

“[T]he uprising in Ferguson was an inevitable reaction to the institutional racism coursing through the area for decades.” — Jack...

Noise, in general, is chaotic or random sound. Danny personifies noise. He has a foul mouth, and talks constantly in a loud...