It’s the first night of THREE-OH-WE-GO for the season. The temperature is rapidly approaching freezing outside. The decline this night came very suddenly. When the team arrived at the church building’s steps, our last stop of the night, I beheld a sight like I had not seen before. There were…

Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to begin to learn about homelessness in the city. A good friend is the director of a large industry conference that takes place in Las Vegas each year. As a part of the conference, he wants to offer a…

Yesterday morning when my alarm went off at 3:30 I sat up quickly in my bed. I was slightly confused as to why I was up so early. To be honest, I sat there and debated with myself as to whether or not I was going to go back to…

As soon as we stepped inside and the doors slam behind us it was complete darkness. Rick told us to get out our cell phones and use them as flashlights. He led us to the stairs and we climbed up. Light began to creep in the higher we went. We…

Yesterday I had some time between meetings downtown. I began driving around trying to visit with some of my homeless friends. I drove to a side of town I had not been to before. It was there that I bumped into two guys I had never met. Charles and Marcus…

That is the sight of several hundred homeless men and women getting connected to resources in Atlanta. Some time ago a few people from the United Way and the Living Room got together and began talking about bringing a national initiative called Project Homeless Connect to Atlanta. I had the…

Last week I had the pleasure of leading a small group of photographers on a short city walk. It was raining that night so we did not get to visit with as many people as we would have liked. However, we did get to visit with some amazing people and…

From the hundreds of people that met Shelia over my last two summers at Safehouse Outreach to those who have only learned her name through a facebook or twitter post, so many of you have been on this ride with us. Before I begin this blog I would first like…

This is a video I filmed with my friend Steve some months ago. He was kind enough to show Alicia and I where he used to live. I hope you find it interesting.

As many of you already know I am transitioning away from Safehouse Outreach. Saturday will actually be my last day on full time staff with SHO. I am leaving to start an organization called Project Live Love. I look forward to sharing more on this in the near future. About…