Photo Credit EV He’s a fake! Our family has a long history of engaging with folks experiencing homelessness, and let me tell you, nothing reforms your thinking quite like real-life encounters. One time, we saw a man sitting on the street with a leg bandaged up in what was clearly Halloween Shop’s finest fake blood. …
Dante and Lorenzo, now 14 and 19 
Be Loved. Yep, I’m doing a little singing on February 14th. Shocker! Here are a few of my morning tunes: 
“Could you be loved and be love?” —Bob Marley “For a chance to be with you, I’d gladly risk it all.” —Chaka Khan “Can I go …
image from Facebook Be-Attitudinal Part 2 This week, I wrote on Facebook: “Because I’m grown (not old) and my hearing isn’t what it used to be, I couldn’t catch all the words—but the choreography was stunning. So I turned to the young people of color in my living room, asked for the names of each …
Be—ATTITUDINAL; it’s not what you think: part 1 In the last eight days, I’ve been in board meetings and training sessions with agencies and advocates serving some of Michigan’s most vulnerable people. And let me tell you, these folks are some of the finest human beings God ever dropped on this planet—no exaggeration. They’re out …
Johns, Jimmy Johns, and Jane This week, Crossroads Church hosted another Train the Trainer session for the Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force. It was the first since I stepped down as chair of the board—a role I held for four years beyond my term limit. (Blame COVID, bad luck, and my inability to say no …