Side effects of missing a dose of your antidepressant include headaches, irritability, and ugly crying to 90’s Contemporary Christian Music for reasons you can’t articulate.

Should homelessness programs have rules?

Yes!

But they shouldn't be dumb rules.

Read my latest.

The sun(s) will have already set by then

(4) hardcover copies of my book are inexplicably on sale on Amazon for more than half off. SNATCH EM UP!

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One of the people who has discipled me most (and is one of my dearest friends) is a recovering crack addict who was living in a shelter when we met 14 years ago. I am confident that he has forgotten incomparably more about faith, hope, and love in Christ than I will ever know.

The mayor is cutting LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia, housing & homelessness budgets but is increasing LAPD’s budget. It’s clear that Mayor Karen Bass does not care about the people of this city - she’s in office to continue the status quo just like Garcetti.

Honored to write this piece for RNS on the Supreme Court case considering whether punishing homelessness is legal, and how people/communities of faith are responding to this pivotal moment.
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'For a homeless person with nowhere to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public'

-Kagan

This live tweet of the Supreme Court case on homelessness says it all.

If people would rather sleep outside than at your Rescue Mission, that’s a reflection on YOU and your services, not on the people who decline them.

Hundreds of advocates from around the country lie down with blankets in front of #SCOTUS . If they were in Grant’s Pass, they would give you a $295 ticket for sleeping with a blanket.

#housingnothandcuffs #johnsonvgrantspass

Couldn’t get to DC, but I’m with my friends and fellow advocates in spirit today.

Housing NOT Handcuffs!