Yesterday I had the pleasure of entering deeply into South Philly culture. I went with a local South Philly Italian who invited me to lunch. We went to the Melrose Diner which has a reputation for be...
If you drive or walk up 5th street on the way to our house, there are a number of urban memorials. In fact, if I did not understand the way South Philly streets worked I would be very nervous about t...
Yesterday I took a group of high school and college students on a cheese-steak expedition through South Philly. After I had explained how quickly the neighborhoods change from safe to dangerous, we p...
I met a guy recently who had a powerful testimony.He told me that God had rescued him out of a destructive lifestyle. He said that he was into drugs and all sorts of illegal activity. He had two frie...
There was an older lady that I and another pastor visited recently. I was amazed to watch her come to faith during our conversation with her. Her mother has been dedicated to praying for her for year...
This is the written part of the sermon. My disclaimer is that I usually preach something that is different when I preach.Job 19:23-27“What You Can Know Today- That Your Redeemer Lives”When you face a...
Its a day after the funeral for the 3 month old baby. The tiny little coffin haunted my dreams last night and my thoughts today. It was so small. Only one person was needed to carry the coffin. It wa...
I was recently asked to do a funeral for a baby girl who died of SIDS at 3 months. You never look forward to a funeral because death is evil plainly put, but for my third funeral, the death of this l...
October 15, 2009.We've had several more shootings in our neighborhood. Two happened back to back, very close to home. One about 11:30 after my sister's wedding while I was walking back from parking t...
(originally written in April 2009)I recently have experienced several events and heard many stories of events on the streets lately. I was struck by hearing gunshots for the first time in my neighbor...
April 15, 2009- This is from a dear friend ____ who I've spent a number of years with and met and ate with time and time again. I remember him relating this experience to me. The way he explained it ...
You never expect people you know and love to be on the 5 o'clock afternoon news. But recently someone was involved in something that the news got wrong, the detail were actually worse. The result was...
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