Category: Restoration
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Thankful For Those Who Are Eating Elsewhere Today
The preparations for Thanksgiving dinner have begun in the Longard house. The turkey is in the roaster (an 11 lb turkey seems like a piece of cake after cooking 2 20lb turkeys on Sunday for our friends at Penn Place). Various family members are working on starting their parts of the meal (Our middle daughter…
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Lessons From An AA Meeting
This morning a friend of mine who works daily with friends without homes in Indianapolis invited me to join him at an AA meeting in order to help me better understand the program as I look to get more involved with connecting with those entering recovery programs. Sitting in a room full of addicts in…
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Getting Beyond the Dogma of Personal Reponsibility
James Tissot [Public domain],via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday my friend Robert Charlock submitted a letter to the Indianapolis Star regarding the need for a Homeless Bill of Rights in Indianapolis. The self-righteous on-line comments of those who assume poverty is usually the result of personal choices quickly emerged: “How many brought this upon themselves? When having a…
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Nurturing the Souls of Royalty
This past Sunday my friend and ministry coach, Troy Cady, visited our missional community to observe the work we do with friends without homes and to encourage our fledgling community in our work. As part of the evening he shared one of his Playfull Faith stories about creation (learn more here) and the special place…
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