Being Present

A little more than a week ago, I had the opportunity to spend the night with ten men who currently have nowhere to live. The homeless shelter is housed by the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, just down Fifth Avenue from the Church of the Ascension, where Jonathan and I attend. I had had a particularly dispiriting day, so the chance to be present with others whose circumstances were far more challenging than my own was, shall we say, opportune. I heartily recommend this kind of "service" to all.