Here’s a new podcast of Nowhere to Lay His Head! This month I interview… myself (well, I talk for a while) about how sweeps kill and how I worked this last year to try to get the city to stop killing sweeps. Anyway, here’s the podcast: http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/4904050#sEMBQwzEx5DQqkAz.01 And here’s some...

Marie lived with him for years. Sometimes he would get angry and lash out, but it was only occasional. The yelling wasn’t too bad. And the bruises and scars would heal up. The worst part was the embarrassment when her friends would ask about him. She would deny his abuse...

In our worship, people are allowed to speak up in the middle of the sermons. I had just made a statement, “As opposed to the misconceptions of many who are housed, homeless people do not choose homelessness as a lifestyle.” As is typical, Theo speaks up, “I did.” “Really? Because...

Mark is an organized, clean young man. He also happens to be houseless. He created a large tent area with a BBQ grill, a separate space for friends to stay over, and decorated his area with flowers and ribbons. Really nice. Until someone burned it down. He saw the smoke...

A vision is a seeing of the future, powerful enough to help create that future. Envision what could be with me that we might re-create what is. I see a city that would welcome the homeless as neighbors and equal citizens I see a city that would create space for everyone to...

You have a work history, but something went terribly wrong. Perhaps it’s nothing physical, but you are no longer able to function. You do all you can to fix it, but you end up on the street anyway. You hear from someone to apply for disability. You apply. You are...

When I am exhausted and I cannot endure a moment’s more compassion, a moment’s more mercy, a moment’s more sacrifice, somehow, I find a moment more. That must come from God, for I have often come to the end of myself. Only God is found where there is nothing left.