What is one of the major differences between lives that are fulfilling and lives that are not? I believe one answer is the presence of passion.

This is perhaps one of the most vulnerable blogs I will ever write, but I feel like it is necessary. Let me begin with two stories… The other day I was driving through downtown Atlanta with my wife to meet a friend for lunch. As we were cruising down Piedmont…

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…

March 17th is always a day that I dread. It is the day my brother passed away in 2003. So, when I woke up this morning I woke up with a heavy heart as I deeply miss my big brother. As if dealing with that reality were not enough my…

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…

Below are several blog entries that I wrote at various points over the last few years. Most are from early to late 2006. There is no way for me to even begin to describe for you what my journey has looked like over the past few years. So… I am…