Tracy Howe’s song Stranger used in The Work of the People Video.

A few weeks ago I blogged about Tracy Howe’s new album Hold Onto Love.  I have just discovered that another of her songs ’Stranger’ (from the 2006 album Worship/Bring Me Some Peace) is used in this powerful video from the great folks at The Work of the People and Alter Video Magazine. I love Tracy’s music and the compelling [...]

Take Off Your Shoes – by Edith Yoder

This morning’s post comes from Edith Yoder Executive Director of Bridge of Hope an organization which has always impressed me tremendously.  Their mission is ending and preventing homelessness in your community . . .one church and one family at a time.  I was really impressed with the practical suggestions that Edith has for ways to help [...]

Seeing Through the Eyes of the Marginalized

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to participate in this synchroblog initiated by Kathy Escobar.  Her challenge to us was: Marginalization results in an individual’s exclusion from meaningful participation in society and it’s source is many. Economic circumstances, illness, disability, geographical location, gender, sexuality, race, religion are all dominant sources of individuals being [...]

Open My Eyes I Want to See Jesus

This morning one of the songs we sang in our worship time was Open My eyes Lord I Want to See Jesus, a song that I usually enjoy singing.  However as I sat amongst urban workers who work amongst the street people, the drug addicts and alcoholics, the at risk youth of London and other [...]

Where is Jesus in Your Neighbourhood?

Yesterday as I was driving to a local church to speak, I passed a homeless man standing on the street corner.  That was not unusual.  The corner he stood at was a popular place for the destitute to beg.  His face was hidden by  a sign that read Homeless and Hungry. That wasn’t unusual either. [...]

Loving the Unloveable

I was just reading an article this morning about the wildlife we like to attract to our garden.  It talked about the fact that all of us love to see nice furry creatures like squirrels and winged creature like colourful birds and buuterflies out our windows.  We tend to ignore the destructiveness of some of [...]

What’s New At the Lenten Synchroblog

Its Friday and I feel as though the week has gotten away with me.  Lent is meant to be a time of reflection and retreat but this week has certainly not been like that.  Fortunately next week should be different as Tom and I are heading away for one of our 3 monthly retreats Wednesday [...]

More Reflections for Lent

Here are a few more reflections on week 3 of Lent From Kathy Escobar on homelessness – not just physical but spiritual and emotional. Read here Ryan decided to go in a different direction than this Lenten guide but I still thought that you would enjoy his reflections in this post Too Entertained As we [...]

Third Week of Lent

It is hard to believe but we are well into the third week of Lent.   Here is a great post by JR Woodward with his reflections on the second week of Lent and the Brokenness of Hunger This comment on my post on Have You Ever Been Homeless really caught my attention too I [...]

Hunger and Homelessness

The end of another week of Lenten reflections.  Some are still in the Hunger & $2 challenge like Kathy Escobar and her reflections on Hunger.  Others like Tom Grosh are reflecting on Lent in general in You Have A confession to Make.  Others, as is reflected on this comment by Pat Lasusky are focused on [...]