Home-full-ness

A good friend sent this...

A different way to think
about homelessness from the lenten Synchroblog:
http://kathyescobar.com/2009/03/19/home/
Here is an exerpt from it:

there is a whole desperate world out there, right in our own backyards
no matter how rich or poor our neighborhoods might be, that is
homeless & yearning for “home.” and i think “home” can be created in
ways that have nothing to do with 4 walls and a roof:

home is somehow our hearts being connected to each other in a tangible way.

home is a relationship that restores dignity & beauty & value
where there once was none.

home is a shared meal and a meaningful conversation about God &
life that stirs our soul.

home is the safety of showing the reality of the brokenness in our
lives and having people not ditch us.

home is a shared experience that makes us think.

home is a desperate hug reciprocated.

home is a group of people “where everybody knows your name &
everybody’s glad you came.”

home is a place to bring a small portion of what we have to
combine it with other people’s small portion and discover that somehow
we all leave full.

home is some weird crazy sense that God is in our hearts and will
never leave us, no matter how dark it gets.

imagine what could happen if the body of Christ spent time building
these kinds of homes instead of the ones that require a church
consultant and an architect?