The street ministry offered an early Thanksgiving meal. I worked the sign-in sheet and poured sparkling cider. That someone in charge planning this meal thought to serve sparkling cider said everything decent and caring about them. It was such a sublimely simple gesture but felt so much more powerful to me. Simple gestures usually are. You can build something concrete with a foundation of simple gestures, You can rebuild a person with them. One person at a time.
Thanks for this thoughtful and personal snapshot of the street ministry Thanksgiving. Loved reading it.
"The room came alive. The man across from me did not." — Beautifully said.