About four to five years ago I began a journey that did not have much clarity or direction. All I knew was that something was off in my life and I needed to get to the bottom of what that was. Even though I was a minister, I felt as…

Earlier today I posted a tweet that read, “GOD – I would rather know Him than about Him. That’s why I traded my theology for theognosis. I got some interesting feedback on that comment so I decided to post my entire thought process behind it. This was a blog I…

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of leading a team from an area church to Hurt Park to do some outreach and love on our homeless friends. Many of the volunteers that were part of the outreach began having conversations with different people in the park. One volunteer…

Several weeks ago I was approached by one of my homeless friends out in the parking lot of Safehouse Outreach. He told me that he thought we were the same size and wondered if I had any jeans that I wasn’t using that I could give him. I told him…

This past weekend I had the pleasure of hosting a group of 35 junior high students from Perimeter Church. This team came to serve with us at SHO for the weekend. We engaged them in a whole variety of projects. We were homeless for a day, did work projects, hung…

Last week I was working my usual Tuesday night impact service at SHO. Once the service was over and everyone was leaving one of our guests started getting unruly with one of our volunteers. The volunteer came and got me and told me how the guy had tried to assault…

Today, when I finally sat down to write my blog, my wife asked me if I had read her blog yet. I told her I hadn’t and sat down at the computer and read… When you visit the website for The King Center you are greeted by audio of Martin…

Here is one of his most famous speeches… 

It seems like yesterday I stepped onto the property of SHO and was totally freaked out at the sight of several hundred homeless men and women. Being a middle class suburban kid I had never been exposed to such a sight before.  At first, I was not sure how to…

Those who know me best know that I can not remember anything. For some reason I was not blessed with one of those minds that can recall things in an instant. Instead I struggle to remember things from day to day. As a result I have been forced to develop…