“So, what kind of success rate do you have?”
I am meeting with the pastor of a medium sized church, part of [Really Huge Denomination]. We are in a quiet coffee shop, drinking $4 cups of coffee while talking about poverty. Lucky for me, he is buying.
He asks me this question, I am pretty sure, not [...]
Last year, Renee had a wonderful idea: What if we celebrated the Fourth of July in Moore Square with our friends?
We put out the cry for help and we ended up feeding over 300 folks, had lives changed, had rich bankers playing football with people who sleep under bridges and had a blast in the [...]
There are businesses out there that make a living off of exploiting poor people. They take the normal hopes and fears of decent people and use them as fuel for taking their money.
Example:
Last Friday I was talking with one of my friends, a Latino man I first met when he was homeless and sleeping in [...]
Pardon the liberty of posting a personal item here (It does not happen often - I have a personal blog for that) but many of our supporters and like-minded folks would, I think, like to know that I, Hugh, am now engaged to the lovely Renee.
We are planning on getting married in October of this [...]
Dear Friends,
The Catholic activist Dorothy Day said once that her biggest battle was with Pride. I understand that. I have a lot of people telling me what an awesome thing I am doing in my work of building relationships with very broken people and teaching others how to do the same. I have spoken at [...]
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At the top of the page you will see our new logo, rendered for us by my friend Amy over at Like Water Designs. I think she did an awesome job. The graffiti look at the top relates to the slightly [...]
Several of our friends have told us that they want to pray for us, but they are unsure of just what to pray for.
We are very much in need of your prayers. The work we do often takes us to very dark places and in dark circumstances. In a very real sense, we are battling [...]
I have a reputation for being somewhat cynical, especially about the church.
Having friends who sleep behind the dumpster in a parking lot of a church that is spending millions on a building expansion will do that to you.
Or when you meet with the head of an international “Christian” non-profit and he tells you the reason [...]
