When I was at a meeting with ministers, one of them asked me how a congregation decided which service ministries to support financially and which ministries for them to create or be involved with. I explained that a...
Simone Weil wrote in Waiting for God: “I have the essential need… to move among of every class and complexion, mixing with them and sharing their life and outlook, so far that is...
This week I was in Roswell, Georgia,to present workshops to both Roswell Presbyterian Church and to nonprofits who partner with the host organization, HomeStretch, a vital nonprofit that works with families for 12-18 months...
I was winding my way out of the center of a labyrinth at a local church, I noticed that the stones occasionally aligned three straight across. At other times, the three stones did not...
On October 16, Beth Lindsay Templeton received the Order of the Silver Crescent. The Order of the Silver Crescent is South Carolina’s highest civilian honor for community service. It is awarded to residents of South...
The following excerpt from Angelika’s Journal was recently published on the New York State ASCD. Click here to view the article. September 6 I am so embarrassed. Our school tries its best not to...
Suppose you had no car. Sit with that a moment. Where I live, 27,913 residents or 14.0% get to work in another way than driving themselves so they depend on someone else to get...
Not infrequently through the years, I have been asked to bring a program participant with me when I have talked with groups about poverty. People want to hear from someone who lives what I teach about....
With elections around the corner, the words of Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund seem very appropriate. She calls us to renewed vision and commitment for those who follow in our footsteps. She writes in The...
I met a long haul truck driver who shared with me his personal ministry of caring for others. While he is out on the road, he writes articles of encouragement which appear in his...
Several years ago the local paper ran an article about a young man who hopped a train from Raleigh to Charleston with $25 in his pocket. Within six months, he had saved $2500 and...
