Magnificent Lucy, Her Christmas Spirit, and the Pie-Cake Beyond Compare
If I asked my new friend Lucy* what she thinks Christmas smells like, she’d probably give the same kind of answer as any teenage girl, whether she had a home or not. She might say that Christmas smells like fir trees or candy canes, like cinnamon or gingerbread,...
Cords of Kindness
Flickr photo by DeaPeaJay , creative commons “I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.” Hosea 11:4, NRSV Melissa was a homeless woman, living in a Sunday...
Rest in Peace, Howard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 At first, Howard seemed to be a thorn in my side. “You’re just not here enough,” he said the minute I walked into the gym. “This should be a full time job. Not part time.” “Hi Howard,” I said, stringing the...
Miss Eula
Flickr photo from Prisoner 5413 Her name was Eula, and she told me she was seventy four years old. “I never imagined I would be living like this,” she said, looking around at the Sunday school room our church had made into a shelter for homeless families for the week...
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