One day a week filled with.. Many languages of praise Dancing of spiritual joy Words of comfort Guilt assailed Songs raised high to the Almighty as an act of peace. Six days a week… The miserable finding hope The homeless finding rest The naked finding clothes The jobless finding work...

One of our folks, Thumper, was explaining to me his life. He said that he had raised fifteen children, paid all the bills and maintained a household for decades. After his final child was settled, he never wanted to pay a bill again, so he decided to become homeless. He...

“With righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth.” Isaiah 11:4 The blind man had wept and cried, shouted and mourned, and finally he had Jesus’ attention. Jesus smiled at him and said, “Your faith is great.” Jesus recognized the poor man...

Eugenia has been coming to Redbarn for a few months with her son, Aaron. She is in her sixties and disabled, able to walk slowly only with a walker. They had been staying by a barber shop (with permission) most nights to keep out of the rain. Last month, a...

(All light text is a link to articles that prove the sentence) I have a number of friends who are activists for various causes. And I love the causes. We are in a water crisis when corporations sell water back to those in drought. Black men are being attacked by...

There are some common words that are used for the work of the Spirit—salvation, deliverance, grace, mercy, forgiveness. They all have a common basis, that the one receiving the work of the Spirit has a desperate need. They are in crisis, they are imprisoned, they are beyond their own help,...

I’ve got some severe chronic stress in my life, and it will take a long time to recover from it. It’s good that I know about it, and good that I’m working on bringing balance in my life. Even with the balance, however, it will still take a long time,...

The last two months at Anawim have been huge. I’m going to try to summarize what’s going on. For years the Anawim board has been concerned what would happen if Steve (me) would no longer be capable of leading the ministry. Everything depended on me, connections, finances, supply lines, peacemaking,...