Word on the Street
The Prodigal Returns: Love your Neighbor Close to Home
The old man had an attitude before I even showed up. By the time he got in my car, he had more than choice words for me and everyone else he would encounter that morning. I should set my alarm earlier. His place to live had problems. And if it weren’t for me, maybe...
Zacchaeus is Listening: Love your Neighbor Close to Home
His small heart grew three sizes that day. Then the true meaning of Christmas came through; and Zacchaeus… I mean the Grinch… found the strength of ten Grinches plus two. It isn’t Dr. Suess. It’s the story of a man who had taken everything from the townspeople, and...
Lazarus is at our Gate: Love your Neighbor Close to Home
A downtown business owner texted in a panic after encountering a young girl sleeping in a car near her shop. “I could not drive away without checking on her and introducing myself,” she wrote. “I just needed to tell you about her because I know its gonna start to get...
This Advent Season: Love your Neighbor Close to Home
Dear friend, There was a time in my life that I imagined God would call me across an ocean. I would become a missionary in sub-Saharan Africa, be imbedded as an investigative journalist in the Middle East, or build community with the Mayan Indians in South America....