The Poor are Hard to Love?
Some years ago, I was watching Game of Thrones and they introduced a new character called the High Sparrow. The High Sparrow was a religious figure very focused on serving […]
NAP Credits 2026
We have run out of NAP credits! We have unfortunately distributed all of our NAP credits, but we anticipate receiving more next July. If we do, we will make this […]
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
I want to ask you to do something hard. I want you to imagine the first night of being homeless. You have no home to return to. You’ve exhausted all […]
The Impacts of Indiana’s Ban on Sleeping Outside
When talking about the “homeless problem,” most people think it refers to people living without a home. But for some others, the homeless problem means homeless people. Whenever we discuss the issue of homelessness, it’s important […]
What Is Your Foundation?
It feels to me like cruelty is very popular these days. We seem to be rewarding people the more ferocious they are. I keep wondering when this hostile spell will wear off, and we’ll come back to our senses. It […]
The World Needs More Love
As we come to the end of the year, I see an uncertain future for the people we seek to support like I’ve never witnessed before. I see a rising […]
The Care They Need
A guest of our Center, someone I had known for a long time, came up to me the other day and asked if he could pray for me. I said […]
The Poor You Will Always Have with You?
PLEASE NOTE: My background is as a Unitarian minister, so I sometimes find the best way to understand something is through my religious background. This writing is not meant to […]
A Crisis of Empathy
A little over two weeks ago, a conversation on homelessness came up on a major television network. The hosts began to talk about people experiencing homelessness who refused services. One […]
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
Some years ago, I attended a lecture on homelessness and the presenter shared some words that have stayed with me these many years. She talked about society’s tendency to “prioritize […]