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  1. Dying on the Streets

    Posted by SteveKimes
    / May 25, 2012 /
    In Portland, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s office released recently a report on deaths that occurred among people who have no known address. This report admits that the numbers they have are limited and that the report is far from inclusive about deaths of the homeless. For instance, it does not...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Steve's Blog
    Tagged Homeless, Portland
  2. Silence

    Posted by jeff strong
    / May 23, 2012 / 1 Comment
    There was once a time where Silence was a valued commodity. Where stillness of the day and the night could be embraced and feasted upon as a great banquet. There once was a time when one could travel into the wilderness and listen to the songs of creation. The whispering...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Jeff's Blog
  3. Homeless

    Posted by jeff strong
    / May 23, 2012 /
    Written in 1999 by Faithwalker, aka Jeff Strong Here I lie under the dock of a warehouse Huddled, wrapped in plastic gleaned from a dumpster The cold east wind assails my hiding place. Hunger gnaws at my body for I have no money for food; The frozen rain dangles from...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Jeff's Blog
    Tagged poetry
  4. Feast

    Posted by jeff strong
    / May 20, 2012 / 1 Comment
    “Ya know I always consider it a treat and a expression of love when I am invited over to someones *house* for dinner and fellowship. “But I count a real blessing when the invite is to a camp and that the folks fuss over me. For you can see that...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Jeff's Blog
  5. Being Human

    Posted by SteveKimes
    / May 20, 2012 /
    By Leo Rhodes, Street Roots Vendor, advocate for the homeless Being Human? I am the voice you never hear If I spoke would you listen? I am the ugly duckling Visable in your pretty little world I am the criminal when I try to sleep I am the nuisance Trying...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Steve's Blog
    Tagged Leo Rhodes, poetry, Styxx
  6. My Hero, Leo

    Posted by SteveKimes
    / May 20, 2012 /
    Leo Rhodes is a truly amazing man. Most people, when they become homeless, they are so depressed that they can’t do anything but survive. And in homelessness the depression and immobility just deepens. But not Leo. After years of homelessness in Seattle, he and some friends decided to do something...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Steve's Blog
    Tagged Heroes, Leo Rhodes
  7. Accusation

    Posted by jeff strong
    / May 20, 2012 / 1 Comment
    “Tonight I was in a meeting in which I heard a lot of fear coupled with accusations. “Some justified, but most were repeats from old debates on PBS or NPR. “Aside from having to listen to this broken record over and over was to have to watch it being directed...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Jeff's Blog
  8. Restoration

    Posted by jeff strong
    / May 20, 2012 /
    “Today has been really restorative. “I was driving out to a nursery that is owned by a dear brother in the Lord to purchase some blueberries for his garden. As I drove into the country side the radio Station was starting the noon day Mass and first there was this...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Jeff's Blog, Uncategorized
  9. Strong Story: Beggar in the Parking Lot

    Posted by SteveKimes
    / May 20, 2012 /
    This is the beginning of a new feature called “Strong Stories” where Jeff Strong, one of the pastors at Anawim, tells a strong, inspiring, or sometimes funny story. Jeff has had a number of different experiences in his life and he finds himself in really unique situations at times. Rather...
    Posted in Blogs, Pastor Steve's Blog
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