Recently at work I helped one of our Ohio districts sell a house in Toledo. Through the process I've learned that Toledo is a quickly declining city, with increasing unemployment and homelessness, and lots of abandonded property: economically depressed. And of course economics are consequence and cause of other kinds of depression/decline (spiritual, personal, social).
The District Supervisor sent me the web address of the Cherry Street Mission to get to the president's blog. I encourage you to check out both (links below). The mission seems to be doing good work among the homeless and dispossessed in Toledo. And Dan Rogers (the president) has some really good thoughts on homelessness and poverty. His heart is for Toledo, but his insights could apply to any community. And for those of us who live in an area where the depression is easy to miss or ignore, there is much to learn, and much of which we need to be reminded.
http://cherrystreetmission.blogspot.com/
http://www.cherrystreetmission.org/
Enjoy! I hope it blesses and challenges you, as it has me.
1 comment:
I slack off my blog checking for a few days and you post three times! Keep it up... I love it.
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