Homeless. No other word better describes our modern-day suffering.
It reveals one of our deepest and most painful conditions-not
having a sense of belonging. However, Alan Graham, founder of
Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First! Village, is
improving the quality of life for a large quantity of people
through sharing his personal story of becoming more human through
humanizing others. Graham believes the more we can give people
dignity, the power of choice, and genuine community, the better
we'll be able to offer solutions that will have impact on the world
at large. And while his missionary work is focused on giving a home
to the physically homeless, he also wants to transform the lives of
every living person by shifting the paradigm in understanding what
it means to be "home." In Welcome Homeless, Graham delves deep into
what it means to be connected to God, the earth, and each other. In
doing so, he shows us the home we've all longed for but never had.
Welcome Homeless is about becoming fully human by being fully
present. It is about finally connecting with the disconnected and
finding our identity through knowing the true identity of others.
Graham wants to engrain the human story in you so deeply that you
start being who you were made to be-that you start finally being
like the image from which you were made and start empathizing
instead of sympathizing with the people around you. Similar to how
we can become 100 percent fully human by mimicking the ultimate
image, we can shape a better world by mimicking the picture of the
new heaven and the new earth-a picture that has reality at the
heart of it but is beyond our imagination. Alan Graham also shares
his personal story, the stories of the homeless, and the stories of
those whose worldviews have been shifted by the homeless. Because
of his raw, humorous, and honest voice, he achieves a rare and
profound universality. Houses become homes once they embody the
stories of the people who have made these spaces into places of
significance, meaning, and memory. Home is fundamentally a place of
connection and of relationships that are life-giving and
foundational. Graham invites you to make everyone feel truly at
home by finally inviting those living on the fringes of society
into your heart. This is why Welcome Homeless is about doing, not
saying. It is about taking the ultimate and forward-thinking vision
of a new heaven and new earth and literally breaking the soil so
that new earth can exist here today. It is about realizing that
homelessness is not fundamentally a consequence of moral and
spiritual inadequacies; but rather it is often the logical and
economical outcome for a large part of our population. So, what
does your vision of humanity and love look like? Whatever the
vision, it should look like community. People should feel more
alive after they meet you. When your consciousness changes from one
of self-absorption to a consciousness aware of its human desire for
connection, compassion, kindness, and beauty, you will start seeing
things differently-and others will start seeing you made anew as
well because the absolute greatest self-help occurs when you help
others
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