Wednesday, July 11, 2007

The Simple Way, The Fire, and Hope


On June 20th, my birthday, while we ate cake and celebrated my 49th year on this planet in Southern California, a tragic event occured in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Philadelphia, the City of Alleged Brotherly Love.

A devastating fire occurred in the neighborhood of The Simple Way, a community of Christian folk, who have chosen to live out their faith by following Jesus as found in John 1. I think these idealistic folk may have a lot of very good ideas about building communities of faith, even though they style their hair slightly differently than I do (like if I had any hair to be styling!).

To support the effort to rebuild this community of hope, go here. To find our more about the Simple Way and its ideas, go listen to this. You will need an hour, but it is worth it. Watch the video of the fire and aftermath below. Your heart will be happy you did.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Norris,

I read your blog about the 6/20/07 fire in Philadelphia. I sympathize wiht the people affected by the fire. I'm very curious about this Simple Way organization. If you knew them well, would you pls educate us in your next blog?
Thank you for your time.

e.

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