Since moving to Seattle I have had the chance to think a lot about the initiative and about its ultimate effects on me and my actions. I am finally in a place where the rubber can really hit the road and I can actually begin carrying out the task of feeding the hungry and [...]
Weight-162 lbs.
The day has finally arrived. I have been looking forward to this moment for a month and a half. Today is the day that the initiative comes to an end and we see if its lessons stick. For those of you who have been reading this blog faithfully…thank you. For those of you who [...]
Weight-160.5 lbs.
Yesterday I watched a man get arrested. His name is John and he was drunk. After causing a scene at church he was escorted out of the building and asked to leave the premises. Since the church used to be a strip mall the premises are big, and it wasn’t long before John found [...]
Weight-162 lbs.
It wasn’t that I was frustrated or angry. I wasn’t even exasperated. I knew it was going to happen eventually, something like it always does in large scale projects like Sharefest. For the past two weeks Heartland Community Church has been working to renovate three public schools in Rockford, IL. [...]
Weight-159 lbs.
I was back at the pantry today conducting more interviews. I was nervous again starting off. It is hard to approach people and ask them why they are there. It is even harder to explain what I am doing there. But as the afternoon went on I began to develop a groove. As clients [...]
Weight-158.5
This afternoon I got a chance to go back over to the Rock River Valley Food Pantry. The goal of this visit was a little bit different though, this time I was interviewing some of the clients. I was lucky enough in the short time that I was there to meet Dennis and [...]
Weight-157 lbs.
I knew it was going to happen eventually I just didn’t expect that constipation would be so painful. Yes today’s post is about poop. The poop that you have and in my case the poop that you don’t. When I went and saw Bethany, the third year med-student who was going [...]
Weight-159 lbs.
When I graduated from college, one of my professors gave me a book by a scholar named J.D. Crossan. The book was full of quotes from the gospels along with accompanying images from 1st century Christianity. In the book Crossan asserts that the 3rd most common thing that we find Jesus doing [...]
Weight-155.5
I talked to my friend the news anchor yesterday and told her I had started eating again. She got this shocked look on her face and said that she was going to go into the station and tell everyone that the hungry man was eating. She said they might have to do and [...]
Weight-156.5
The gyro and fries from the day before were really good, but I wound up paying for it today. All day long I was dogged by the constant feeling of an upset stomach. I decided it would be a good idea to watch what I ate the rest of the day. I [...]
