I Looked, But Didn’t See
To my Life Group this week, I confessed that I had become irritated with the trash and paraphernalia around the homeless areas near where I live. When I first moved to Austin, I took on the “Miss Goody Two Shoes” persona when I saw the homeless near where I live and throughout Austin. I blogged…
We Saw Jesus in the Flesh
Yesterday, we saw Jesus in the flesh. How can that be? Jesus put it this way: “ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I…
Come One. Come All.
Come one. Come all. I saw the Mother Teresa movie a few nights ago. It made me even more inspired about the work this wonderful saint did. She was relentless in caring for the poor. She went “against the grain” when it came to pleasing the status quo, and those who represented the status quo.…
This, That and The Other
Often our lives are made up of having a little longing for THIS or being a little offended about THAT or complaining a little about the OTHER. Being dissatisfied about THIS, THAT or the OTHER. I’m guilty. Sometimes I have a longing for something on my bucket list. I was offended when an online merchant…
And I Was Hungry and You Fed Me
Later in the afternoon on Day 3 of our Missions Trip, we were able to be a part of the “Firefly” Program where a truck is loaded with food to serve near the School of Champions — the area where there was a city dump where the children and adults would scavenge for food or…