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escaping urban density
Several weeks ago I stopped at a corner a few blocks north of downtown St Louis and snapped this photo. I like the way the city looks open here. Streets at this intersection give a sense of urban...
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Valentines Day in 250 year old St Louis
Pokey LaFarge. What an interesting name. He and his band will help kick off St Louis’ 250 anniversary. I am new to St Louis. I am also notoriously unconnected to conventional modern media....
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cities where people flourish
United Way of Greater St. Louis mobilizes the community with one goal in mind: helping people live their best possible lives. Orv Kimbrough came on board last summer as the new Executive Director for...
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this evening at Temple Houses
Concentrated teamwork This evening on Arsenal Street in St Louis we learned something about contending for our neighbors. We worked together in two teams to stack these red Solo cups into a pyramid...
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Urban Mission Center News
Check out the just created website for our Urban Mission Center in St Louis. Also make sure to check out about the upcoming Weekend Intensive on Missional Leadership taking place at the UMC September...
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the many municipalities of St Louis
As part of my work (now a year at it) I receive weekly the St Louis Business Journal. Business interests me though I wouldn’t claim expertise. Each issue of SLBJ teaches me something; it also brings...
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Cool on I-55: UMC Design Days
I am riding northbound on I-55 to my next destination. Got some time on this Monday afternoon. Last Friday official approval was given for the Urban Mission Center in St Louis. As it is with any...
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Ferguson road trip
We agree. Let’s go see. First, lunch. The Hardee’s drive-thru near our office. Charbroiled chicken sandwiches. Neal’s driving so I get to eat mine first. Neal wanted to try the jalapeno...
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St Louis: morning and evening, north and south
Sunday morning in St Louis we rolled up to this sign. It’s at the exit from eastbound I-64/US40 at Kingshighway. It’s a place that often has a man or woman collecting. This morning no one there....
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more than remodeling
They’ll make you answer a question. Go ahead. So you can read more about Father Dunne and his Newsboy Home. The building at 3010 W. Washington in St Louis is no longer the Newsboy Home. This past...
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Content Together on Arsenal Street
We pulled up into the Temple Corps parking lot at 3:07 PM today. We crossed the street. Sara greeted us at the gate and we walked along the side of the house, past Temple Gardens, opened the wooden...
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want to buy a school?
I’ve seen this before. The issue really isn’t the buildings. It’s “decades of declining enrollment … as students have left for the suburbs and charter schools”. St Louis is not unique. More...
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on Arsenal Street
Just a quick note this Saturday morning. It’s now come to pass: Gail and I are on Arsenal Street in St Louis’ Benton Park West. With help from John and Betsy we moved a mattress and some personal...
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Lavender on Labor Day
A little bit of lavender Betsy picked from Temple Gardens. We said goodbye today at noon to John and Betsy who helped us move in this Labor Day weekend to Benton Park West. Without them we couldn’t...
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Our prayer bell
Last night we met on the back porch. Jessica had warm chocolate chip cookies and a home-made pizza. We talked, again, about the same thing we had discussed last week at Darren and Char’s place. What...
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Candle and bell
This week began our Wednesday evening prayer for safety and peace in St Louis. Behind the candle in our window is the bell tower of St Francis de Sales. Gail and I started our eight o’clock hour of...
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A candle and a prayer
Here on Arsenal Street I am observing our Temple House candle and prayer hour. Each Wednesday our Temple House community lights a candle in a window at 8 PM. For an hour we take time to pray for...
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neighbors
It is a 100 degree day on our street. I say to Gail ‘let’s walk to El Bronco‘. We go. We walk down Iowa. A mother and her young daughter coming out of their home smile and greet us. We return the...
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From David Claerbaut
Gail and I have followed David Claerbaut for years. First many years ago in his published writing on urban ministry, then several years ago a visit to his church around the corner from us in...
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Reconstructing
This morning I am in Kansas, really not all that far from the state line with Missouri, my current home state. Today and the next few days are ‘furlough’ which to a Salvation Army Officer means time to...
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