Homelessness, Part 4 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall! My soul continually thinks of it and is bowed down within me. Lamentations 3:19 (NRSV) Many churches, particularly downtown churches, face a challenging dilemma when it comes to the homeless. My own church is among them. There is no doubt … Continue reading Homelessness, Part 4
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Homelessness, Part 3
Homelessness, Part 3 “Homelessness is associated with dereliction, dispossession, instability, rootlessness, restlessness, emptiness and chronic longing. The Book of Symbols [1] In considering the social pandemic of homelessness, it is interesting to explore the symbolism of houses and homes. Symbolically, a house often represents the container for the soul or the true self. In dreams, … Continue reading Homelessness, Part 3
Homelessness, Part 2
Homelessness, Part 2 “I like to think of this problem of homelessness as a prism held up to society, and what we see refracted are the weaknesses in our health care system, our public health system, our housing system, … our welfare system, our educational system, … our legal system, and our correctional system. Dr. … Continue reading Homelessness, Part 2
Homelessness
Homelessness “I like to think of this problem of homelessness as a prism held up to society, and what we see refracted are the weaknesses in our health care system, our public health system, our housing system, … our welfare system, our educational system, … our legal system, and our correctional system. Dr. Jim … Continue reading Homelessness
The New-Old Social Pandemic, Part 3
The New-Old Social Pandemic, Part 3 “I like to think of this problem of homelessness as a prism held up to society, and what we see refracted are the weaknesses in our health care system, our public health system, our housing system, but especially in our welfare system, our educational system, and our legal … Continue reading The New-Old Social Pandemic, Part 3
The New/Old Social Pandemic, Part 2
The New-Old Social Pandemic, Part 2 “’Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘…just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did … Continue reading The New/Old Social Pandemic, Part 2
The New/Old Social Pandemic
The New-Old Social Pandemic “’Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘…just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do … Continue reading The New/Old Social Pandemic
It Ends as It Begins
It Ends as It Begins “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. [1] In our human experience we often obsess over beginnings and endings. It is our way of making something easier to quantify or understand. Beginnings and endings, … Continue reading It Ends as It Begins
The Beginning
The Beginning In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth...[1] In the creation story most familiar to me, that of Genesis, God takes a single whole (the earth was a formless void) and divides it into parts. First was the division of light from dark (1:3). Next was the separation of the … Continue reading The Beginning
Absolutely Relative, Part 2
Absolutely Relative, Part 2 Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. Marcus Aurelius[1] Our family spent one spring break in the San Francisco area. One of our stops was the Winchester House in San Jose. This large mansion – 500 rooms by some counts … Continue reading Absolutely Relative, Part 2
Contemplating Grace 