Last Sunday I met a young lady who was stuck here in Omaha, living under a bridge on 16th Street. I believe she told me she was from Cedar Rapids, IA....
So I didn't write a blog last week. I was a little under the weather. Woke up last Saturday feeling a little rough and it carried over for several days. So...
Crazy windy day today. And the temps are starting to drop. It's Nebraska. It's October. It's expected. Poor Robin absolutely is not ready for the change that...
I met an amazing family today. I hope they don't mind that I use their names here, but to tell the story, I kind of have to. I met Mom, Twin Sister, Twin...
The Gang <http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/husker1/DSCN0188.jpg> Two years ago today, my beautiful wife, my crazy kids and myself embarked on a journey...
Found out today that another of our friends left us this week. 47 years young. 47 years. And at the very least, the last two years that we've known Alan, I'd...
I'll try to keep this short this week. Had a busy couple of days. I spent all day yesterday loading, unloading and stacking firewood. Free firewood. Thanks to...
Woke up this morning to the first snow of the year. Now for me, that means getting my head around the change that is most definitely upon us. The need for all...
I was doing some reading this morning and I just happened to open to Numbers 6:22-27: The Priestly Blessing The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron and his sons,...
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It's days like these that seriously remind me of the harsh realities of this crazy state that we live in. No, not the bizarre state of cornfusion. The bizarre...
Redonkulous (Adjective) Significantly more absurd than ridiculous to an almost impossible extreme; without possibility of serious consideration. So I picked...
Mercedes and Wade's Christmas Stockings <http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a202/husker1/starfish%2012-28-08/DSCN\ 0336.jpg> Meanwhile, the moment we get tired...
As I think back on this day, it was a pretty average day for us downtown. Whatever an average day downtown looks like. The folks from St. James were back with...
So today was another crazy and pretty cold day in downtown Omaha. Lots of food, snowball fights and much fellowship. The kids and "big kids" were in a snowball...
The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the maker of them all. ~Proverbs 22:2 I often wonder what the difference is between us and our friends ...
There's a song on a playlist that I listen to when I run. It's a popular song by Matthew West called Something to Say. The chorus goes like this: You got...
Each week, we travel from our comfortable suburban home here in the frozen tundra that is Nebraska to a downtown street corner. We all put on our warmest...
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So I did something again this that I dislike probably more than anything I do related to this ministry. I sorted through the contents of eight boxes. Clothing...
Often times I get the question from people who know what we do on Sundays. It's a familiar question by now and one I never know quite how to answer. How are...
So often I sit down here at my laptop and wonder what I can write about today. What significant thing happened on the corner today? Many times I've written...
I attended a memorial service this past week for some friends. It was a memorial service recognizing those who died homeless in 2008. Celebrating their lives....
I wish sometimes that I had Christian's memory bank. I have such a hard time remembering every thing that happens on Sundays. I have a hard time remembering...
So today was amazing and crazy. Amazing because the weather was unbelievable. It's that time of year again where people are coming out of hibernation after a...
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Late last year, a friend of ours whom we met in our downtown endeavors, came to Robin and I with a need. He's an older Nigerian fellow who is in our country...
For probably the first time in 2 ½ years I have no idea where to begin. I mean, a million things happened today. I talked to one guy who is convinced that...
April 5. Now in most places that means Spring. And here in Nebraska I thought we might be heading in that direction also. But today was a brief reminder of...