Brother Fire

A couple of months ago, I participated in the daunting task of counting the un-sheltered homeless here on Long Island . Every year a coalition of service-providers work together to track people who do not have housing: folks who are living "on the streets," in the woods, under bridges & over-passes, abandoned buildings, or any other location where someone could stay without being accosted. What makes this task especially difficult is that the homeless on Long Island are seemingly invisible. Long Island is an automobile driven suburb that has a lacking public transportation system. In neighboring New York City , most of the residents depend on the subway and buses to get around -- and the homeless are clearly visible as they seek shelter in the bus terminals and subway stations. However the general population on Long Island doesn't see Long Island ’s homeless from the driver's seats of their SUVs. Most of those who do not have a home live in abandoned ...

While the war rages in Iraq, the candidates debate whether or not undocumented immigrants should get drivers licenses, and Barry Bonds is accused of using steroids, on Wednesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that more than 35.5 million Americans -- 12% of the population went hungry last year! The sad news is this is about the same number from year before. Why is this fact not in the news? Please click the 'Hunger Site' link to the right -- it's free and it helps feed the hungry... And feel free to blog amongst yourselves.

A flow of pictures from many missional areas set to Leeland's Tears of the Saints.