Strength. Funny, isn’t it, how authentic strength is so often discovered after times of brokenness and weakness? I’ve seen this dynamic at work here at Central Dallas Ministries again and again over the last fifteen years. At times, the principle can be observed organizationally. We’ve come th...

Haven't we really always known this? Maybe we're simply "too smart" for our own good and that of our kids. Several years ago, I coached a co-ed baseball team of 4th and 5th graders in the Texas Rangers' Rookie League. We played about 20 games during June each year. These kids had never played baseba...

"The Rich Man and Lazarus" (formatted for modern residents of urban neighborhoods) There once was a rich man, expensively dressed in the latest fashions, wasting his days in conspicuous consumption. A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores (likely due to his runaway diabetes and no health care o...

Dallas Morning News' reporter, Roy Appleton published an update story on the Plaza Inn in today's edition. Read it here. As the story reveals, Central Dallas Ministries stepped out of the project in face of neighborhood opposition. Hopefully, Hamilton Properties Corporation will be able to carry for...

Check out this great opportunity coming our way in Dallas this Saturday! Thanks to Dallas City Councilman and Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway for his hard work in bringing this event and its accompanying Teen Summit to Dallas. Kids attend FREE! . Posted on www.UrbanDaily.org...

Saturday night was so cold. Had my money held out, I could have stayed another night at the Army shelter, but I didn't have the $7.00 I needed to get in. Maybe the worst of the cold is over now. Hope so. But, who knows. The pavement in the alley back of the abandoned office building was about as har...

Homeless people continue to roam our streets with no acceptable place to "land" on a permanent basis in large part because of decisions we've made and continue to make as a community. They overcrowd our new homeless assistance center, The Bridge , because of the limitations we've decided to impose o...

I'm in and out of giant church buildings on a fairly regular basis. Not long ago I walked from one end of such a building to the other. It was quite a trek! This particular "campus" is enormous. No doubt the structure cost several hundred million dollars. That's a long way from the "upper room." The...

Great news to share today! Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins has agreed to keynote Central Dallas Ministries' 14th Annual Urban Ministries Prayer Breakfast ! This special, annual gathering of community leaders from every sector--business, political, non-profit, neighborhood and community...

Did you see the CNN story on last Monday about the growing number of Americans signing up for the Food Stamp program? Here's a taste of the report, "Touigh Choices for America's Hungry": As Walter Thomas knows, it's hard to look for a job when your stomach is rumbling. The 52-year-old from Washingto...