A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting with Rhonda Smith (@rhondasmithVL) the founder of Save It Forward. Save it Forward is an initiative of Alive Ministries, Inc. that partners with local schools to meet the needs of hungry kids & their families…

I received this e-mail the other day from a good pastor friend of mine. It made me really think about who had shaped me through the years. My list was really really really long. I didn’t have time to write about everyone so I simply responded with the first few…

flood student missions is a faith based 501(c)3 organization that “exists to cultivate servant hearts in students by providing local mission opportunities for students to saturate their communities with hearts and hands of Christ allows this cultivation process to take place.” They lead students into varieties of service opportunities that…

The moments are few and far between, but when they happen, they simply knock me off my feet. The moments where you find yourself in the right place at the right time … The moments where your world is rocked and love bursts through. These are the magical moments that…

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…

Yesterday, at Safehouse Outreach, we had our monthly Advisory Board meeting. As in each of these meetings, one of the staff members will share about their department and their latest work. This month our Mentoring Program Director Errol Boyland was invited to share. He began by saying, “It has been…

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…

Each year at SafeHouse we have our annual Chili Outreach. The event has been going on in Atlanta for several years and continues to grow from year to year. In spite of several challenges, including rain, we had an amazing event. We were fortunate enough to have nine tents donated…

Love in the business place? Now I know people have been told we are to leave our emotions at home when we come to work, but how is that really possible? How can someone just simply check who they are at the door and become a mindless machine for eight…