We were getting ready to go somewhere, and my daughter, Hannah - who is 4, is standing in front of the shoe rack trying to decide what footwear to put on. She always puts a lot of thought into what she is going to wear...she wants to always make sure that what she wears fits the 4 year old equivalent of "matching" (notice the ice cream matching the clothes). All of the sudden she declares with great satisfaction and glee, "I know, I will wear my pink camouflage flip flops!" I know that I am her dad and that I should know what sort of footwear she owns, but pink camouflage flip flops!? Seriously, I can't believe they even make that. When she wears pink camouflage where will she actually be camouflaged, at a Hillary Duff concert?
I have been thinking quite a lot about homelessness (over the last two years especially) and have come to all kinds of conclusions about myself and the things that I (and the church) need to do in order to help people who are in that situation. I have been involved in a few organizations who work with homeless people and met with many people to discuss what I/we should be doing to help. I finally discovered something very important that I can do right now. I am reading t his book called Bent Hope which is a really interesting read. The author is a Youth Worker who works with young people who live on the streets in Toronto. He walks the streets and hangs out with them and helps when he can. He basically just tells the stories of his encounters with people and talks a little bit about what he has learned from them. I am loving it! So, I know what I am supposed to do to help homelessness. In his book, pretty much everyone he encounters he mentions how they come from a family situa...
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