I am busy. I know this because people tell me that I am, so I must be. I do use up whatever energy I have doing a lot of stuff, that’s for sure (but I still have time for a number of movies). I spend my days with the homeless,...

Diver was cycling through downtown Gresham, near the Safeway when he noticed a crouching body between the two transformers. As he came closer, he saw it was Emily, and no wonder she was shivering. She was wearing a tank top and kapri pants, no shoes or socks, and it was...

Cities enforcing camping laws on people who do not have homes. A person refusing to hire someone because, although qualified, they don’t have an address. Services not being available to people because they don’t have ID or the means to obtain ID. Looking down at obese poor people who became...

Jesus is my hero, my one and only, the guy in my life. There are many others I love and exemplify: Francis of Assisi Dorothy Day Jean Vanier Martin Luther King, Jr. Peter Waldo Desmond Tutu Keith Green but I only love these because they love Jesus. These are the...

The power of deliverance is not physical for we are not delivered from that which binds us. The power of deliverance is not ethereal for ghosts are only whisperers, not chain-breakers. The power of deliverance is not political for deception cannot build what is true. The power of deliverance is...

Broken man, sitting on the road Mourning for what once was Jealous of the settled lives rolling by Longing for a can of forgetfulness or two… You Yes, you Are the chosen. The Great One has abandoned his children Abandoned his saints And chosen you, who cannot endure this life,...

Father, this day I forgot about loving you and did that which made you turn your face away from me. Forgive me. I do love you, Lord. It’s just sometimes I put you in the smallest part of my thoughts. Restore yourself in my mind. Amen.   Father, this day...

Anawim is in desperate need of some donations. We could really use: Men’s pants, especially jeans, waist sizes 30-40 Men’s t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, underwear Women’s sweatpants, underwear Bathtowels Shampoo and bars of soap

I have to admit it, I was anxious. A small family of a young mother, father and infant– Frank, Rebecca and Kaleb– was kicked out of their housing and they had to fly a sign on the highway in order to obtain a motel room. These folks are a part...

I’ve had a couple people say to me recently something I’ve heard a lot: “I couldn’t do what you do.” Well, we all have different abilities and callings. But I can’t do what I do, either. Every once in a while, I look at myself and say, “Who was patient...