Stories

I recently read a remarkable book, one that spent more than 2 years on the New York Times’ bestseller list: Same Kind of Different as Me.  It’s an amazing story of an unlikely friendship between homeless Denver Moore and wealthy Ron Hall. In two previous blogs, I discussed what I learned from the book about “how […]

Operation Inasmuch is moving in new directions. If you’ve visited the new web site or read recent eNewsletters, you know that we are piloting our new Inasmuch Life process by which churches can help more of their people enter lifestyles of compassion ministry, serving the neediest in their communities on an ongoing basis. For many years, Operation Inasmuch has […]

We didn’t start out with 5 loaves and 2 fishes, BUT we did feed 50,000 people! How? Operation Inasmuch, Kids Against Hunger (the local affiliate: A Child’s Hope), and the North American Christian Convention (NACC) co-hosted a service project at the recent NACC conference in Cincinnati.  In four 1-hour shifts, about 250 men, women, and children […]

I recently read Same Kind of Different as Me, a true story that chronicles the lives of two improbable friends – art dealer Ron Hall and homeless Denver Moore. The book touched me in many ways while also teaching me several lessons about how to serve our neighbors in need. A couple of weeks ago, […]

A pastor recently preached on the topic of compassion ministry. He knew that he faced the often unspoken — but real — question many ask when they are challenged to give themselves in ministry to people in need: What’s in it for me? Our society has become so consumer-oriented that this question surfaces whenever we […]

What does it take to transform the life of a homeless man? I didn’t read Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore to answer that question, but it’s one lesson I learned from this amazing book, a book I could not put down, a book that had me laughing one minute and crying the […]