Yeah, it's been a while since I last posted and even my last post was not that much of a post but I'm back ... at least for the day :-) Thought I'd try to get back to putting some stuff down here. It may be a bit random for a while but we'll see how it goes.

Okay, so this one is just from me thinking about what I could possibly blog about today (I wanted to just start - today being the 1st of the month and just see how July goes) and I was listening to the podcast from this weekend's "This American Life" and the two things that popped into my head were the comments in there about to the food provided to the homeless in that city by the churches there (and the love with which this service was provided) and just how important socks are to homeless people. Act One of the podcast - "Choosers, Not Beggars" - tells the story of two guys, who through a series of events (and in a number of ways a deliberate choice on their part) become homeless. This post is just about a sliver in their story. A diversion from their story really and just about something they said about what their experience was like in becoming homeless and having to live on the streets.

I had heard a bit a while back about the socks thing from my friends William & Shelley from their experience in ministry to the homeless up there in Austin, and hearing about it again in the podcast just reinforced to me how something that seems so insignificant to us can mean so much to those who live out there on the streets. So, the next time you are heading out to volunteer at a shelter, soup kitchen, or in some other manner, pick up a bulk pack or two of tube socks from your favorite discount store will ya? It sounds like it will be just as important as the food if not more.