The Slab

Homeless and Hoping
Originally uploaded by Jan's Cat

I worshipped at The Slab yesterday.

It's an outdoor ministry that embraces the poor, homeless and hungry in downtown Ft. Worth (off Rosedale), and has become a beacon of hope for the marginalized. They meet on a large tent-covered slab, offer a lively worship service & provide a hot noontime meal to anyone who stops by.

In the past, I've enjoyed taking groups & serving there, and thought I might enjoy hanging around old friends.

The testimonies were a little too contrived for my tastes; and the sermon was little more than 30 minutes of rambling. But it was good to be around the least, the lost and the forgotten.

I have the weird suspicion that Jesus would feel most comfortable in settings like this.

[This is an unrelated photo found on Flickr.]