Monthly Archives January 2008

A New Tumble-Log

As a blogger, there are sometimes things I want to point out or link yo that are not worth cranking up ye olde blog.
It was for these things that a tumblelog is just perfect.
I have created one for the site here; if you are bored, read the ramblings of an urban missionary - the link [...]

Doing the Least Worst Thing

She is 27, but if you talk to her, you have to do so on a 12 year old level. She is mildly retarded and like so many people with her mental problems, she is very affectionate, which is often either misinterpreted or deliberately taken advantage of. When the men she sleeps with reject her [...]

A New Organization to Help The Homeless in Raleigh?

My friend Renee was in the hospital this week and had to have heart surgery, so I spent most of my week also in the hospital, sleeping on what can only be charitably called the world’s most uncomfortable cot. However, she came through surgery OK so she is now on the good drugs, feeling little [...]

A New Look for Needing Agape

I have been working away to make this site more user friendly and more functional. With that in mind, I have began the redesign of the website.
I hope to make it more functional, more user friendly and, quite frankly, more attractive, Right now, I only feel qualified to speak on the last point… I like [...]

January’s Homeless Newsletter Is On The Streets

Well, the January issue is live now and should have hit your inbox. Our hope is to be able to do a print version next month, but this will involve some additional expense.
If you want to sign up for the email version of the newsletters, just click here and subscribe. We will never share [...]

Hugh’s January 2008 Newsletter

Dear Friends-
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and are having a happy new year. Having survived the rampant commercialism of the season, I look forward to the austerity of Lent and the future promised by Easter. I long for green seedling sprouting from the soil, birds chirping and buds on the limbs [...]

Tweaking a few things

Just a note to let you know that your eyes are not decieving you, w are just making some adjustments here on the site.
Bear with us.

The Dark Side of Urban Ministry

People with ADD tend to be very empathetic, which, 98% of the time, works to my advantage. The other 2% of the time, however, it makes me an emotional wreck.
Over the holidays my friend Renee and I hit the road (more details about this in the January newsletter, sign up here to get yours!) and [...]