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Money was short and you ran out of heating fuel in the middle of winter. I expect those were some bad days. You didn’t tell me about that until after it…
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I was almost to my hotel and a man was kneeling on the sidewalk pulling a trumpet out of its case. I was well past him and was about to cross the street…
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You have too much to offer to let this gift go. This gift is a blessing, but it can also be a burden and a curse. When Jake plays the piano, there’s…
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He turned on the amplifier and I expected to hear the twangy sounds of the 1950’s. Poodle skirts and ducktail haircuts were in my mind, but what came out…
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Chances are, you missed artist/documentarian Drew Anderson's video event, "So Much More: From Me to You," at the end of March. For one thing, it was held…
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It's comfortable to believe that people who are homeless are somehow "other" than we are. At best, they're people with problems we don't have. At worst,…
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Pastor Liz Davis admits, ruefully, it's hard for the church to talk about sex, period, not to mention sex trafficking.But January was Human Trafficking…
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When you think about it, it takes a lot of money to be poor.It sucks up a lot of your hope, too.Finding the time and paying for transportation to make the…
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As back to school looms on the horizon, all kinds of people think about going back themselves. Maybe it's to get a GED, maybe it's to learn some things…
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Minnesota's not prone to hurricanes like we've seen ravage Texas, Florida and parts south recently, but our cold winters bring their own dangers.Like…