It is not lost on us that the ban on outdoor serving of hot, nutritious meals to homeless and other poor people in Philadelphia goes into effect on April 13, Great and Holy Friday. The whole community was given very little warning. The proposals came out during Lent. There is at least a one month gap where there . . . → Read More: Great and Holy Friday
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I guess I’m not a very good showman. I have always tried to avoid the cameras. Even so, we have ended up on all the network affiliates’ newscasts and the daily and weekly papers in the city at some point through the years. Over nearly 23 years, that can probably just be attributed to some bad . . . → Read More: How we do Thanksgiving St. Justin Martyr by the hand of Nick Papas The home-schoolers’ group at St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church Souderton just started meeting this autumn. Bishop Thomas gave them the name of St. Justin Academy. For their first ever service project, they chose to make power packs for The King’s Jubilee. One of the moms called me . . . → Read More: St. Justin Academy Homeschool Group I have been praying the Prayer of a Sick Person quite a bit over the last year, especially this summer. Since June 8th, I have had more days with debilitating migraines than without. I have experienced at least three incidences of strokes, the second two with multiple infarcts. I have been unable to do the work . . . → Read More: “… and let mercy and justice meet …” I would feel remiss if I did not share some thoughts on behalf of my family on what Cranford has so aptly referred to as “the most amazing tour of center city Philadelphia”. My husband Craig, “the girls” and I joined 18 of our brothers and sisters in Christ Saturday morning to tour areas of center city that many of our ”Thursday night friends” (a nickname that . . . → Read More: A New Perspective! Fred Us acting like tourists I just got home from the most amazing tour of center city Philadelphia that I have ever participated in. 21 of us met at St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Church’s parking lot. We walked over to the Love Park (JFK Plaza) where Elizabeth met us. There we gave away servings of spaghetti, . . . → Read More: What an Amazing Tour! Some programs stop for the summer. Some of the shelters close. More people are likely to try to make it on the street without having to go to a shelter. So our population goes up. Since it is light later and school is closed; summer is a great time for families with children to join us to . . . → Read More: Summer is Our Busiest Season A couple of months ago, we replaced my agate turkey roasting pan again. It occurred to me that I have to buy a new one about every five years. That means that the life-span of an agate turkey roasting pan is about 250 turkeys roasted. Things wear out. Everything we buy, use, covet and sometimes get attached . . . → Read More: Life-span of a Pan by Esther Mcgraw For almost as long as I can remember, I’ve gone with my dad to Philadelphia to feed the homeless. Every Thursday night, we meet a group called The King’s Jubilee outdoors . . . → Read More: He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother That’s right I started another blog at www.shoutforjoy.us. This is not officially connected with The King’s Jubilee, as I don’t want to be hampered by the restrictions on free speech that are placed on religious, non-profit orgs. It is my personal blog for profit (hopefully), supported by ads and donations. If you like what you see, you . . . → Read More: Just What the World Needs: another blog |
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