Big-hearted Folkies
I’m heading off to the Folk Fest tonight (Edmonton); got a weekend pass for the first time in many, many years. In fact at the last time I got the whole p...
Category: Poverty
Squeegee Kids and Capitalism
There’s a young man wearing a red bandana with a squeegee inserted like a sheathed-sword into the back of his black hoodie. He’s sitting on a concre...
Countercultural
I was impressed by a recent (July) Christianity Today interview with Rev. Dr. David Zac Niringiye, an African Bishop of a church in Uganda. In responding to a q...
Dumpster Diving Tips and Etiquette
Homeless and hungry? A pamphlet issued by a British Columbia support group for the homeless offers these helpful hints: Look behind markets/stores/food banks to...