Our Housing Crisis Day 15

March 13, 2010

Today, just over two weeks since we first received the notice to evict, we had a look at a couple of houses that we were interested in. It didn’t start too well — the first place we went to look at, we found the agent sitting out front with no-one else around. Wonderful, we thought […]

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Our Housing Crisis Day 12

March 9, 2010

Just a quick update. No news on any houses, although there are a few out there but many are beyond our budget. We did take a look at one last week that was promising but a drive-by convinced us that it was not in a great location. We even spoke to the current tenants who […]

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Our Housing Crisis Day 6

March 3, 2010

Well it’s Wednesday, Day 6 of our housing crisis and there is not too much to report. We have been searching the real estate sites online since we found we had to move. The rents in the area have gone up considerably and what we pay now for a 4 bedroom is the norm for […]

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Backpack Beds for the Homeless

March 3, 2010

You may recall that I have previously posted about Street Swags and that I have handed them out to some of the rough sleeping homeless guys that I have encountered in the recent past. It was through that last post that I was introduced to Backpack Beds by Swags for Homeless by a very passionate […]

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Review :: Live Sent:You Are A Letter by Jason Dukes

March 1, 2010
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I must admit that when I received Live Sent: You Are A Letter by Jason Dukes (Wheatmark, 2009) I opened to the table of contents and groaned at the seemingly overuse of the mail/letter metaphor that Dukes has based Live Sent around. That lead to a reluctance to start reading spawned by the groan. However, […]

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Our Housing Crisis Day 1

February 26, 2010

Today we received a letter (supposed to be registered mail, but sent regular mail) from the real estate agency that is the agent for the landlord of the property we have rented for the past 3 years. We have been given 60 days to evict the property so the landlord can sell the property vacant. […]

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Review :: Take Your Best Shot

February 17, 2010

I recently signed up to review books for Thomas Nelson and selected “Take Your Best Shot — Do Something Bigger Than Yourself” by Austin Gutwein with Todd Hillard as my first book — I guess based on the slick cover and the small description which captured my imagination. When the book arrived, I placed it […]

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Holy Fools website

February 13, 2010

The Holy Fools website is slowly taking shape. I know there is a lack of content up — I have been very busy doing all the Holy Fools things! Anyway, I am picky about design, and while this is not the template I would like (the one I want costs about 50 Euro) I have […]

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