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The Spring 2012 Report is available for download in PDF for printing and distributing with church bulletins, etc. Please feel free. We need to spread the word and increase our bases of support: financial, prayer and volunteer. Here it is: TKJ Spring 2012 Report Thank you for your support. May God . . . → Read More: Spring 2012 Report Nearly everyone who reads this blog is unaware of my misspent youth as a rich, suburban kid. Yes, I grew up around money. Thankfully, my dad never forgot his working class roots and never was snooty about being successful. And my mom learned as much about life from the maids growing up as she did from . . . → Read More: Bundling: It’s not just for babies and politicians. “I have said on occasion that I think gardening is nearer to godliness than theology. … True gardeners are both iconographers and theologians insofar as these activities are the fruit of prayer ‘without ceasing.’ Likewise, true gardeners never cease to garden, not even in their sleep, because gardening is not just something they do. It is . . . → Read More: Earthy Wisdom I did the math, and over the last 23 years, The King’s Jubilee has served or provided about half a million meals to homeless people or to needy children or seniors on fixed incomes. We have distributed tons of clothing and blankets to families in need. We have moved dozens of houses full of furniture from . . . → Read More: The Donate Button is on the Right We have stopped serving on Tuesdays in Philadelphia. The Word In Action International Ministries has been able to recruit more volunteers. Also, the city is closing the Ridge Ave. Shelter, in front of which they serve, as their second site. Then there is my health. I have just been running ragged, trying to keep the business . . . → Read More: Tuesdays in Philadelphia – over Twice in the last week, at the same stoplight, I have found myself behind the same car with a bumper sticker that says, “God does not believe in atheists.” I’m sure whoever stuck it there did it to be funny and somehow thought provoking. Who knows? Maybe, this is what passes for evangelism these days in evangelical . . . → Read More: God DOES Believe in Atheists The McGraws, John Haggerty and I went to the Friends of Mount Moriah cemetery meeting in February. It was very encouraging. The city’s managing director’s chief of staff was there and talked about the progress of disentangling the ownership issue. The plan is that they want to turn it over to a public/private board with a . . . → Read More: Mount Moriah Cemetery Update The way Mayor Nutter is phrasing things, it is like he has “invited” us to come inside and that it is all about concern for the health and dignity of the homeless population. When asked about enforcement, he says, “I’ll get back to you on that.” The devil is in the details. He started using the Health Dept. . . . → Read More: Why Can’t We All Get Along? Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Lenten Retreat, March 24, 2012
I am sorry for posting this so late. I have been very ill and sleeping a lot. The King’s Jubilee was first formed out of the Saturday morning Bible study of about 150 men from E-Block at Graterford Prison. I shared the vision and asked them what I . . . → Read More: The King’s Jubilee started in a Prison so this event may be very relevant. OK. How often do we think of Tobit? The two ministries that Tobit is known for are burial of the dead and almsgiving. He would sneak out at night and bury the fallen soldiers, even though they weren’t Jewish and it was likely to get him into trouble. Here is what he had to say to . . . → Read More: Righteous Tobit |
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