A safe place where one may, or may not, ever grow up. I’ve already told Mike’s story at length:  Mike and facts A week or two after those...

A lifelong process. Growing up is hard to do. Related: The Way of Peace The Way of Peace Music:  Neil Sedaka, “Breaking up is hard to do”...

That may motivate me to seek my own place. I don’t want to live among these people. Related blog post: “ Out of reach ” Related blog...

Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and...

Goodwill IS wealth. The William Tell Show — Now he’s in a wheelchair Pharrell Williams, “Happy” https://thehomelessblogger.com/wp-content...

The problem isn’t that the system’s white. The problem is that it’s a system at all. I first meant to title this, “Choosing disorder,”...

Now that I’m seeking it, I can talk about it. This is the very beginning of my thinking about this, in terms of any organized...

There is no substitute for person al, hands-on, sustained contact with the poor. Do not use the state as a proxy.  Do it yourself. Build...

Are thorns happy? Friday, December 1, Bounce showed Steven Seagal’s Above the Law . He always plays opposite some eye candy, a term I...

Efforts to dialogue with Dan Rodricks’ position (that is, take it seriously) led to a lot of confusion and self-doubt in my prayer time...

Proverbs 30:15: “The leech has two daughters. Their names are ‘Gimme’ and ‘Gimme.’” ———— ♦ ———— Saturday 05/12/12, 3:00 p.m. — I tired...

In recent weeks, in my quest for spiritual growth and improvement of my own condition, I have had to deal with lots of complicated stuff...

(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...

☺ Please donate! ☺ In a comment on a WaPo article about “Prosperity Gospel” televangelists, someone said: Jesus taught us to think of...

(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...

A Nation of Cowards Jeffrey Snyder suggests that carrying a handgun is both a right and a duty of every law-abiding citizen. This is hard...

ADVISORY: This post includes explicit content that some readers may find objectionable. One lives in a world substantially of one’s own...

One lives in a world substantially of one’s own creation. The offering plate came around, and I got a shock.  I can remember when I...

Prosperity belongs not to the righteous, but the wise. In the days immediately following the initial mistrial of Baltimore Police Officer...

For a long time, I have balked at seeking transitional housing, mainly for two reasons:  (1) There must be a thousand buildings in...