Tag: revelation

  • Segregation

    It has been about a year since we moved out of the “inner city.”  It’s an experience we are still processing with many mixed feelings, among them relief, disappointment, and shame.  It is a relief to be able to walk around the block without fear of hearing gunshots, to sleep at night with working heat and running water…

  • Money Makes Good Insulation

    First, before reading any further, make a list of the top three things you struggle with as a Christian. *** I used to have a great view of the back lot of our block.  In the center is a little island of wild grass where a few abandoned cars sit tiredly, waiting to rust into…

  • Entitlement

    One of the most difficult things I’ve struggled with since moving here has been a sense of entitlement.  That word is not one I ever hear from those living here, mainly because it’s never used in a positive context.  It is typically in reference to “handouts to the poor” and finds its anchoring in food…