Kristle Delihanty is an outreach worker, providing food and care for folks on the street in SE Portland. This is a story she shared: Two Fridays ago.. I jumped out of my Jeep and skipped up the curb into the park, after a long haired sweet gal that I have made...

More by Karen Burch: Have you ever had your good nature always get the better of you? Sometimes I can’t seem to stop myself from helping people no matter what they have done. Lol I know I am going to kick myself for this in the next couple of days....

Karen Burch lives in her van. She is threatened by the police, by others who pass through her neighborhood. But she endures. And she writes. Karen is an articulate homeless writer who communicates the reality on the street, and how folks on the street support each other to survive. Occasionally...

Jesus was marginalized for hanging out with the poor, the gangbanging zealot and despicable whore. He went to dark places, the ghetto and hood. He didn’t need affirmation, he knew where he stood.   The peace seeds he sowed were ridiculously small, like mustard seeds when planted, invisible to all....

This is a guest post by Nigel Branken, who, with his family, ministers to the poor in South Africa. He speaks out against the continuing prejudice against the coloreds in that country, and lives out his convictions by assisting people and helping them through the courts. Nigel offers us...

“Gentle” gives me inner peace. It reminds me of a mother Seeing her child for the first time And maybe the sway of a pencil when you draw. “Gentle” to me is a word A word that can empower or take. It’s like characters or songs Though they sound hard, they’re...

Guest blogger Rebecca Floyd and her husband Nick lead Mercy Table, an outreach in St. John’s in association with Anawim. Most weekends we leave Mercy Table excited about what God is doing: He chooses to use us to create a church that welcomes drug addicts, thieves, ex cons, you name...

By James Ericson Lopez I had met George and Sandra a couple years ago at Anawim. They have been living outdoors for some time now. As you all know, the weather has been cold and snowy. Yesterday driving home I saw George and Sandra on Fessenden St. They were each...