If you have not seen this clip, you need to watch it. Coach Don Meyer (formerly from Lipscomb) was honored at the prestigious ESPY AWARDS Sunday night. This is vintage Coach Meyer.
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The Detroit News did a little story on the work we’ve been doing in Cass Park for the last four years.

U2, the greatest band on Planet Earth (to say it mildly) is coming to America in September. I’ve got my tickets to one of the shows in Toronto. This is my thirtieth birthday present from KG (who celebrated 26 yesterday–happy birthday . . . you truly are the source of joy in my life). The [...]

Thanks to Courtney for sharing more of her photos.

An American flag sits atop the Masonic Temple building located in the heart of Cass Corridor. It’s ripped down the middle. The shredded cloth flops violently in the winter swirl. From the top of this building one can see the hundreds of homeless and almost-homeless men and women who live in one of the roughest [...]

Unknown woman in Cass Park

Josh and Vivian (we’ve been friends for four years now)
My friend Courtney Strahan took these photos in Cass Park yesterday. I’ll write more about our time there in the coming days.

Recently I (with the help of generous church supporters) purchased three eight-foot tables. The tables cost $76 a piece. Three tables plus tax . . . $237. The tables aren’t much to look at. They are white with gray legs. The tables are plastic. Much lighter than the old wooden tables which still collect cob [...]

Friday night was our last night to stay in Cass Park, a place I’ve written about on several different occasions. Friday night is the night we came back from hosting an “emerging artists” night at Hope Community Church on the east side of Detroit.
Before we left, we invited some of our friends who live in [...]