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An Update on Holly’s Homeless Neighbors

I checked in with Holly the Witch about the homeless lady who had been...

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May 25, 2022

Thank You on Behalf of My Friends

I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for...

May 21, 2022

A Chance to Help a Family

Hi folks, I've had so many questions about how to help the family I...

May 18, 2022

What We Need is Families

I've been helping my friend who needed food last week. Her story is a little...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Presenting our Advent Work of Mercy!

Hello friends! I was so thrilled to see the great response to my birthday...

July 2021

July 25, 2021

Miracle of the Loaves

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John: Jesus went across the...

May 2021

May 19, 2021

Four Notes on the Works of Mercy, and an Update on my Book

Hello folks, I just want to notify you of three things I've been up...

February 2021

February 18, 2021

Please Help A Local Family Rebuild After A House Fire

Friends, I've got a work of mercy for us to perform for the first...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

Announcing My New Book!

I am hilariously bad at self-promotion. I just realized I've shared news about my...

December 2020

December 09, 2020

Christians Have A Responsibility During the Eviction Crisis

Today, on social media, I saw a short video that is a grim sign of...

November 2020

November 22, 2020

Everyone Sees the Face of God

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew: Jesus said to his disciples:...

November 21, 2020

An Urgent Work of Mercy for Christ the King Sunday

Hey folks, I have a wonderful opportunity to perform a huge work of mercy...

November 17, 2020

If You’re Going to Give to the Needy…

It's mid-November. Advent is beginning in Orthodox and some Eastern Catholic churches; the rest...

September 2020

September 28, 2020

A Word on the Trumps’ Financial Difficulties

My family depended on SNAP benefits for ten years, to keep from starving to...

September 10, 2020

Help Carl Get A Hospital Bed

Friends, I have a huge opportunity for you to perform a work of mercy....

August 2020

August 12, 2020

The Lady of LaBelle

I was at the bus stop with Rosie. Someday, when this is over, I...

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...

May 2020

May 12, 2020

Courage, Cowardice and COVID: Contra R. R. Reno

First Things editor R. R. Reno, who as far as I can tell from his...

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...

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...

March 13, 2020

Things That Are Helpful

When I took the bus home yesterday after my gory grocery store misadventure, one passenger...

March 09, 2020

Love and Reverence in the Time of COVID-19

Last week I said that for all I knew, COVID-19 would just go away. I...

March 04, 2020

The Poor You Will Always Have With You

When I share stories like the one about the Cherry Boutique, or the trouble with...

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...

February 19, 2020

Beautiful, Broken, and Okay

I have been depressed lately. That's another of the 200 symptoms of fibromyalgia, and not...

January 2020

January 07, 2020

The Gifts I Got This Christmas

Want to know what I got for Christmas? Oh, I got a lot of good...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Today, I am in Awe of You

Did you know that I am in awe of you? I have been so overwhelmed...

December 25, 2019

The Migrants Are Not Allowed to Sing Carols

I hope you're all having a delightful Christmas so far, because I'm about to ruin...

December 20, 2019

The Question of Feel-Good Stories

Today, my friends were sharing one of those "feel-good" stories that isn't actually very good....