#presenting perspectives

Ill Fitting Among Peers

…but if you’re God, and you’re good as everyone says. How come my life isn’t any better? The story of the calling of Matthew (Tax Collector) is familiar to most of us. It’s the description we all want to share in because it’s a personal calling; with a name attached. After all, we all believe this is a grand stroke of grace which is expressed for the most despised of all the peoples. Maybe that’s…

  Unfortunately, we have a lot of misconceptions about what leaving prison is actually like,” the host says in the clip[1]. “Perhaps because it’s often presented in movies and TV as a happy moment, when former inmates rejoin family and friends and put their lives back together … But the sad truth is, for a high number of prisoners, their time on the outside may be brief. “Once your money runs…

Spare a Little Change

    CAN Y’SPARE A LITTLE CHANGE, SIR? By Cal Schupner I was driving down the highway And got off at the exit ramp Merely looking for a place to eat, When I spotted a homeless tramp His clothes were torn and tattered, A cardboard sign hung `round about: “I’m homeless an’ I’m hungry… Can y’help a feller out?” Now I’ve heard a lot of stories About beggars getting rich So I rolled my window part way…