Dear Friends,
One question I get asked a lot, especially by those in traditional churches, is about my statistics. How many people I work with get off the street, how many get sober, how many get ’saved’. I have to tell you up front; I have crummy statistics. But I am OK with that because I [...]
Dear Friends,
When I write these letters, my gut instinct is to tell you a feel-good success story about mission work here in the inner-city. This is largely from a desire to protect you from the gritty realities I see. As a result, you may have a somewhat skewed view; a sort of Lake Wobegon version [...]
Dear Friends,
I recently made a short video about my missionary work here in Raleigh (the video can be viewed here) and in it, I said Jesus is all about stretching my comfort zone. Never is that more apparent to me than right now.
If there is one thing I now know that I did not realize [...]
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 [...]
Dear Friends,
If you are reading this, you are one of a few friends, past supporters and folks I know who have expressed an interest in finding out more about what I do with the homeless here in Raleigh, NC. With this in mind, I decided to put out a monthly newsletter to keep all [...]
