Crowds of people off the street in line waiting to be fed. Tables filled with all the fixings of a home-cooked meal. People willing to reach out to those who need help and make a difference in someone’s life. Those are a few of the things one should expect to see on a Saturday afternoon on Phifer Street.
We are only asked to love…
by Guest on 18. Oct, 2009 in Personal
This is a guest post from Mason Murchison. There is a quote that I read about two years ago and it has never left me. Even more so, this quote challenges me in a different way every time I read it. I read it again today. It comes from a story written about a girl [...]
With Faith and a Good Heart
by Guest on 04. Oct, 2009 in Blog, Street Voices
The end of last month I had a real interesting week. Sunday the 27th, I faced the first day of a job I worked over two months to get into. Some friends from church had collected money to put me into lodging until my first paycheck–but the job started two weeks later than originally expected. So I secured the job, but faced a return to homelessness by Wednesday of my first week.
It Is Not Too Difficult
by Guest on 28. Jul, 2009 in Blog, Personal
This is a guest post From Lauren Lienhard. I love sitting out on my little apartment porch…I have some petunias and violets and there are lovely trees that soften the view of the garbage dump across the street. Sitting here this morning, there is a gentle breeze in the air. Quietly, I open my bible and [...]
Will We Join?
by Guest on 08. Jul, 2009 in Blog
This is a guest post from Troy Felten. I heard the other day the concept of Social Loafing — The idea that if large group is responsible for something, they are less likely to get something done than if a single person is responsible for that same thing. We think in our minds ‘Well, someone [...]
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