The Carpenter's Nail

Love Your Neighbor212 Texas St, Suite 201Shreveport, LA 71101 REMOVING BLIGHT INSHREVEPORTLOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Organization Founded in July 2021 Partnered with Shreveport Volunteer Network, CaddoHeights Neighborhood Association, Reform Shreveportand City Councilwoman LeVette Fuller, on a neighborhoodtransformation project. Selection of Caddo Heights Inner-city Neighborhood Suffers from Decades of Disinvestment High Poverty Levels Deteriorating Housing Stock A… Continue reading LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR: Shreveport Blight

Park fire lookout and wife keep check on small woods fire using high-power telescope and radio for communication. Scene is at the Watchman fire tower, Crater Lake National Park. Fifth Sunday in Lent Psalm 130 Ezekiel 37:1-14 Romans 8:5-11 John 11: 1-45 This Sunday, beginning Passiontide, we are waiting–for miracles to occur, for the spirit… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Fifth Sunday In Lent

Lent Week Four—SaturdayAnnunciation Psalm 85 Isaiah 2:5-10 Hebrews 2:5-10 John 1:9-14 As I read today’s Gospel reading, I thought of season two-episode one of The Chosen. It is a series based on the life of Jesus. It is based on scripture, but the creators use creative liberties to humanize each of Jesus’ disciples. John is… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent

Lent Week Four--Friday Psalm 107 Jeremiah 23:1-8 Romans 8:28-39 John 6:52-59 Some treat Lent as a brooding self-deprivation calendar entry. Christianity, however, is nothing if it is not about choices. Ask Adam and Eve. And viewed under that lens, isn’t Lent an opportunity - an opportunity to strengthen our faith and forge a stronger relationship… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Friday in The Fourth Week of Lent

A nun of the Missionaries of Charity order, which was founded by Mother Teresa, feeds a mentally retarded inmate at a mission home in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta December 4, 1996. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore PP03090051 jm - RTRYPH Lent Week Four—Thursday Psalm 73 Jeremiah 22:13-23 Romans 8:12-27 John 6:41-51 Psalm 73 was penned by… Continue reading St Mark’s Lenten Thoughts: Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent