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Making Room for More

Making Room for More

Last week I received a call from our foster care agency: There’s another child in need of care. He’s two years old, and his mom was arrested. It’s only for three days. Can we take him? I think about my hectic schedule, my other… Read On

Published February 25, 2015

Privilege to Poverty

Privilege to Poverty

“For active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared to love in dreams. Love in dreams thirsts for immediate action, quickly performed, and with everyone looking on. Whereas active love is labor and perseverance, and for some people, perhaps, a… Read On

Published February 25, 2015

The Beauty in the Mess

The Beauty in the Mess

I was born in Santa Barbara, California — gorgeous, clean, sunny Santa Barbara. Eight years ago, I bought a home in Kensington, a notoriously poor and drug-ridden section of Philadelphia. For the first few years I lived here, trash would rain into… Read On

Published July 28, 2014