Usually around this time of year, my work with the Good Neighbor Fund slows a bit. Folks have made it through winter and the financial crunch that so easily ends up becoming a deep financial hole is passed. This year, as last, this easing has not happened. As the homeless/hotel program was defunded stays for…

Let your yeah be yeah and your no be no, now. – Jimmy Cliff (and Matthew 5:37) Dear Friends, On my walk back to church after lunch last Tuesday, I had three brief interactions with three people from three different families; one lost a family cat in a cat-vs.-car incident, another lost his cousin to…

I was asked to share with you that Kira's father, Jack Krier passed away after a long, long decline in health following a stroke on December 28, 2021. She will be going with her family to his funeral service this weekend in Florida. She thanks you for your thoughts and prayers. His obituary appears here.