Why don’t we reach out to the inner city?
A fellow blogger has asked the question as to why non-inner city Christians do not do more inner city work. I was going to answer his question, and then I realized that my answer would be too long for a simple comment, so I decided to put it here. There are a complex of reasons why non-inner city Christians do not reach out to the inner city. It does not boil down to just simple sin, although,... [Read more]
Confusing thoughts
The day before yesterday, my wife and I were at a gas station when we were hailed by a “typical” homeless person. By typical I do not mean to menospreciar (depreciate) the person, I am simply giving a description. He did not ask for money, but for a ride back to his sleeping area. He said he was a VietNam vet and appeared to be of the age that it was possible. Since I was drafted during... [Read more]
