Daily Archives: December 3, 2008

while at Stbks grading papers, I observed two things that brought me great sadness about the state of man… the first was a homeless man searching the trash cans all along the street… he would find a container of milk partially emptied and finish it, and another reach into the can he found half of a coke, he took this find and moved to search the next can… the second event involved another man who was being searched and when the police found something in his pockets, he was hand-cuffed… what sadness I saw through the window… what sadness I felt for us… even so, come Lord Jesus… more later from the American capital.

I’m in DC today and tomorrow attending a conference that has early childhood development in the developing world as its topic… it is my hope to learn more about how God’s children need help, how that help is being given, how the givers of that help express that need, and perhaps make a few friends and try to show them Jesus along the way…

to lower my carbon footprint and reduce car related stress, I left the Volvo in the ‘ville and took the train… in the dining car I read some Scripture and was told to be humble… living humbly, now that’s hard, but I’m gonna try to show Him that way… more later