Currently - 2008

I work as an inner-city missionary with the poor and the homeless here in Raleigh, North Carolina. Love Wins is the name of my philosophy and theory of ministry (well, I stole it from Jesus and the apostle Paul), as well as the name of the organization some friends and I are trying to put together to make my work sustainable over the long haul.

We have a blog, where we post news, anecdotes and commentary for our supporters and the curious. As I am the primary blogger and I stay pretty busy, posting runs in spurts. You can get an email notification when I update the blog by giving us your email address.

We also put out a monthly email newsletter each month, where I write about the struggles, joys, trials and triumphs I experience each month. Back issues are generally posted to the website a week or two (depending on how busy I am) after they go out; the back issues can be found here.

I get to act as ringleader for a bunch of beautiful people who have came on board and who believe that another world is possible. Because the people we work with are poor at best and often destitute and homeless, our ministry relies on the financial generosity of our supporters located both here in Raleigh and around the country. These people believe in us and our mission of plotting goodness and creatively loving people and their partnering with us makes it all possible.

Writer

Virtually all of my writing is digital nowadays. I maintain a personal blog where I try to get writing gigs, talk about the conflicts I come across in trying to be a follower of Jesus while living in the Empire, let my Mom know I am alive and tell the occasional funny story.

I do a fair amount of Search Engine Optimized Content writing. Basically, that means I write web pages and articles designed to rank well when the keywords on the page are searched for in Google or (insert your favorite search engine here). When not doing that, I also take on paid blogging assignments. If you need some SEO copy or your organization needs a professional blogger, let me know. I am friendly, personable and can be bought with dark chocolate.

Contact

If you are trying to reach me, there is a comprehensive list of my contact information here, including links to my profile on various social networking sites, such as MySpace, Twitter, Facebook and so on. If you frequent one of those sites, stop by and say hey, would ya?

About

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