Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
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Hi there! My name is Glen. But then, you probably already figured that out. Here I share my thoughts about life, mission, spirituality, and children’s ministry.
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
She looked me in the eye and smiled, then bowed her head low again. Her chin touched the cardboard sign braced against her knees as she sat on the hot concrete sidewalk at the corner of sw Tenth and sw Burnside, directly in front of Powell’s City of Books. Her weather worn skin betrayed hardships ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
I stood at the sw 5th and sw taylor bus stop this morning. A 20something girl spun her hula hoop in intricate patterns while waiting alongside me and listening to her playlist. She’s there every Sunday. A woman walked by, then paused to pick up two discarded cigarettes off the ground. She didn’t throw them ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
The nascar race held my attention only briefly, fifteen minutes tops. Then I turned it off. A screech filled my room. I double-checked the television. It was off. Okay, now I am hearing things. The screech cried out again, louder this time. Oh. I remember that sound. A cat. No, two cats. Fighting. Outside my ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
I deboarded my bus at SE 82nd and SE Powell BLVD in SE Portland. My neighborhood. My people. A longtime fellow bus rider precariously perched himself on the bench in the bus shelter. I’ve never before spoken with him, but I’ve seen him many times over the last two years of full-time transit riding. He ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
Photo courtesy of @kaneshow via Twitter What do you do if you’re a rock star and a ten year old super fan, who happens to have Down’s syndrome, gets super nervous and subsequently sinks to the ground upon meeting you backstage? If you’re Adam Levine, you ask the entire Maroon 5 band to join ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
Jesus had compassion on the crowds who followed him in his journeys. His attitude wasn’t mere sympathy or feeling sorry for them. It was tangible love made manifest by his interactions with the masses. The blind gained sight, the lame walked, the deaf received hearing, the leperous received respect and healing, the Samaritan woman received ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
She trudged slowly ahead of me and to my left in the margin of the busy road, token cardboard sign in hand. Her body language indicated discouragement, even a hint of despair. Before the signal light could turn green I opened my truck window and reached out with a fresh banana in hand. She turned ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
Imagine that. Purpose. You. Your life. Is it possible? Will you dare to believe it? Explore it? Live it? Anyone can wander through his daily existence pursuing desires. That’s not what I’m talking about. I mean God’s purpose for you wherein your desires conform to God’s will for his glory. John the Baptizer lived this ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
It’s no accident when a smile blossoms into conversation, later segueing into deepening layers of friendship. It happens on purpose, the way a flower responds to the sun’s attention. We are drawn in by kindness. By sincerity. By an attentive listener. I often don’t know what to say initially to someone who is confiding in ..read more
Glen Woods | Doing life in the margins with the unreached
3y ago
Yesterday I rode the Max blue line through the Hollywood transit station. Two heroic men died defending two young girls, one of them apparently Muslim, yesterday. A third man is in the hospital with a slashed throat. I’m horrified and inspired at the same time. Horrified that a person would inflict such unprovoked hate and ..read more