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November 2022

November 30, 2022

Maybe We Are Eucharist

A thousand times or more, I've wished there was somebody interesting to show you, instead...

November 09, 2020

Help The Friendship Room Prepare for the Hard Winter

Hey guys, I have a very important update on the Friendship Room's needs. In case...

September 2020

September 28, 2020

Small Potatoes

Rose's birthday came and went. We finally gave her the new bike we managed...

September 04, 2020

Saint Francis and the Brown-Black Cat

The week has not been conducive to very much writing. I had my second rabies...

August 2020

August 30, 2020

It’s Going to be Okay

I saw a photo today I wanted to share. You can see it on...

August 10, 2020

To Bow and to Bend

I have a new garden friend now. I haven't seen him, but I know...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

Please Help The Friendship Room Survive The COVID Emergency!

I have a message from The Friendship Room: they need our help, and they need...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

And This A Holy Summer

Have you ever built a wire fence by hand? I'm not going to tell...

June 21, 2020

In Despair, In Resurrection, In Gardens

This week has been hard. On Thursday night, Rosie forgot to lock up her...

May 2020

May 08, 2020

The Friendship Room is Battling the Cold Snap during COVID

Hey guys, I have a quick request for the hands and feet of Christ,...

April 2020

April 21, 2020

I Think They Are Guardian Angels

Many years ago, a friend of mine had a dream. She told me she dreamed...

April 18, 2020

Compassion is the Strongest Thing

Downtown at the Friendship Room, things are as bleak as ever. It was difficult getting...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

The Homeless who have no Protection from COVID

This morning I opened Twitter to check in on my friends; I ended up watching...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

If You Shame A Sex Worker…

Today, on facebook, a volunteer from The Friendship Room wrote: We have a woman who lives...

December 2019

December 05, 2019

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Addition

Yesterday, I delivered the last of the presents from the First Annual Parish Giving Tree...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Notes from the Friendship Room

First of all, a few days ago they wrote: "We respectfully request that people...

July 2019

July 26, 2019

A Different Sort of Ghost Story

It might have been the first act in a terrible ghost story, but it wasn't....

May 2019

May 29, 2019

What do you Do With a Bicycle Thief?

"Tell me about the theft," said the policeman at the station, getting out his...

May 05, 2019

What Can You Put in a Little Free Grocery?

The Friendship Room's new Little Free Grocery is going wonderfully. Every time I walk by,...

April 2019

April 13, 2019

Help the Friendship Room Stock their Little Free Grocery

Have you remembered your almsgiving penance this Lent? You know, the one you resolved to...

February 2019

February 13, 2019

February is Gray on Gray

April is not the cruelest month, at least not in the Ohio Valley. February...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

An Emergency Polar Vortex Request from the Friendship Room

In case you haven't noticed, Steubenville is being lambasted by a polar vortex. It...

December 2018

December 20, 2018

Five Things to Give Your Money to Instead of a Border Wall

I will be back on later with my continuing Advent series on the O...

November 2018

November 30, 2018

What are you Doing for Advent?

The glorious season of advent is almost here! What are you going to do...

November 29, 2018

The Journey of the Unwise Magi

The Friendship Room posts their needs online almost daily. They recently asked if anyone...

November 24, 2018

A Parade, a Kiss, and a Longing for the Beautiful

Thanksgiving. I've been wanting to write something Thanksgiving-themed all week but I got so...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

For a Moment, Joy

It's been a bit since I wrote. My mini-Sabbatical away from the internet was not...

August 2018

August 02, 2018

An Open Letter to Walgreens

To Donovan W. Pepper National Director, Local Government Relations Walgreen Co. 104 Wilmat Rd,...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

To Share is Human, to Share is Divine

The other day, a wonderful reader left me a tip in the blog's tip jar,...

May 16, 2018

An Urgent Work of Mercy For Everyone

People are always asking me questions. I do my best to answer. For the past...