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Tell Your Friends
St. Basil on the Poor
“The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you put in the bank belongs to the poor.”
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More on this 1.8 Million Dollar Pipe Organ
Earlier, I pointed out the article in the News and Observer where a downtown United Methodist Church (I won’t even give them the favor of a link) decided to spend 1.8 million dollars on a pipe organ.
Now, I want to point out a few things:
In one sense, it is their business how they spend the [...]
Something Must Change
Yesterday, I was talking to Betty, a homeless elderly lady who lives in a van. Betty is a sweetheart and cares for everyone; she has appointed herself something of a den mother for the other homeless here in Raleigh. I mentioned in passing that I was a bit worried because some funds I was [...]
What is Poverty?
In the last post, I talked about Bart Campolo. In the blog post I linked to about the war in his neighborhood, Bart said something I thought about all day yesterday. Here, he is talking about how the residents of the neighborhood have no choice but to live there. Then he says
But Marty and I, [...]
Her Name Was Evelyn
Her name was Evelyn, and as near as I can tell, she was 22, although some say 23. She was a very heavy girl, so heavy it was a struggle for her to walk. She had poor skin and bad hair that often looked greasy, and above all, she avoided eye contact.
I tried several times [...]