“Ask, and it will be given you, search and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.” Matthew 7:7-9 Growing up in North Dallas a few decades ago, I was blessed with a wonderful public school education: art, music, Advanced Placement classes, and a well-stocked science lab were always available. But […]
Stigma
Lighting a Fire
In a recent conversation with the Division on Church and Ministry, someone asked me if I ever feel like my passions of social work and ministry conflict with one another. It is a very real question in the work I am doing in my job, addressing homelessness with the help of hundreds of volunteers from […]
Fighting Hard Battles
My uncle moved in with us when I was 6 years old. He had returned from WWII and had been in a hospital in the USA before moving in with us. He had what they called “shell shock.” Today I think they might be using the term PTSD or trauma. I had heard why he […]