http://www.bdhamilton.com/articles/why-do-we-not-weep?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-do-we-not-weep Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bdhamilton.com/articles/why-do-we-not-weep/comment-page-1#comment-14 Brian Hamilton Tue, 02 Nov 2004 07:44:41 +0000 http://bdhamilton.com/?p=45#comment-14 <p>Indeed, quite a few churches are opening their doors to the homeless--I saw many immediately after I wrote this, while spending a weekend in Philadeplhia.</p> Indeed, quite a few churches are opening their doors to the homeless–I saw many immediately after I wrote this, while spending a weekend in Philadeplhia.

]]> http://www.bdhamilton.com/articles/why-do-we-not-weep/comment-page-1#comment-13 Gene Chase Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:16:52 +0000 http://bdhamilton.com/?p=45#comment-13 <p>I met a homeless woman on October 3. She was not middle aged despite her appearance. It was the hardness of life which had hardened her face. But the church where I worshiped was not closed to her that day or any day. She slept there and ate there. When I met her, after we had taken communion together, her first words were, "The grass around [the statue of] St. Francis needs to be trimmed. I'll be back this afternoon to make the garden look nice." In her face I saw the love of Christ. The Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, Massachusetts, is doing something for the homeless. More churches should.</p> I met a homeless woman on October 3. She was not middle aged despite her appearance. It was the hardness of life which had hardened her face. But the church where I worshiped was not closed to her that day or any day. She slept there and ate there. When I met her, after we had taken communion together, her first words were, “The grass around [the statue of] St. Francis needs to be trimmed. I’ll be back this afternoon to make the garden look nice.” In her face I saw the love of Christ. The Episcopal Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield, Massachusetts, is doing something for the homeless. More churches should.

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