THE FRAGRANCE OF SAFETY
Last week we gathered at Challenge House 2 for a meeting. While there, some of the neighborhood children were also there having fun at a birthday party. I recognized a couple of the children as having attended a church in …
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Chasing the Fingerprints of GOD
I watch the children on Phelps Avenue play in the late afternoon sun, Watch them run and chatter and chase and jump It seems their feet were born to run the race It seems they have never moved at any …
Listening With Your Eyes and Your Heart
I feel that almost unarguably, the greatest gift you can give another is your attention!! I’ve been thinking about that lately as Challenge House 7 bursts at the seams with adults and children and echoes with constant noise. I adore …
Nearly Missed Blessings
I met a man the other day. He was dirty, “bone dry weary” and thirsty. I was driving and listening to Elvis Presley sing “How Great Thou Art” and I missed my turn on 17th street, so I went on down …
Women’s Group
Last night I had a Women’s Group meeting at Challenge House 7. These were women from the Canton Pike Neighborhood that needed to sing their life songs of perceived hurt, hopelessness, and worthlessness. What transpired was the knitting together of …
Empty Walls
Sitting on my couch the other night Watching some neighborhood friends Look at pictures on the walls of my apartment Commenting on this picture and that frame, Remembering when I moved into the Challenge House 7 apartment just six months …
Ending the Year
Driving back to CH7 at lunch on Tuesday, I crossed over the Walking Trail on 15th Street and came upon a tiny beige colored dog walking in the middle of the road. I blew my car horn, but that tiny ball of beige fur …
Seeing the Sermon
On such a rainy windswept day, Casper and I was out walking the neighborhood, and found about five kids out playing in the rain in clothes better suited for summer. I stopped and asked them how was their Christmas and …
Spring Updates
It started with a door knock in 2010, over at Challenge House #2. I opened the door, and there she stood: sleek, bashful, determined: “I need help with math”. 6 years later she has a job, and is about to …