Acceptance and Affection

Today’s route took me past a spot that’s often occupied by a woman who’s been part of Clarksville’s homeless community for years. Her personality is … interesting. She invents wild stories and is sometimes belligerent. Some might say she’s a bit difficult to...

Gratitude and Faith

Fifty miles down, fifty to go. As I’ve roamed all over town these past five days, I’ve run into some of my homeless friends. This got me thinking about 2007, when Kenny started taking me with him to visit a huge homeless camp in Nashville. Before our initial visit,...

Pray and Listen

As you probably know by now, the focus of my 100-mile journey is prayer — for Manna Cafe, for our city, and for the people who call this place home. I’ve also spent time praying about my own life and future and other random things. Still, you might wonder how a person...

Perspectives and Priorities

Ten miles down, 90 to go. Hi friends! As I walked and prayed for Clarksville and Manna Café this morning, I thought about how fitting it is that this 100-mile trek aligns almost perfectly with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Why? Because I love fresh beginnings: a...

The Why:

My late husband and founder of Manna Cafe, Kenny York, raised awareness about Clarksville’s homeless population by doing something unusual: three separate times, for two weeks at a time, he lived as a homeless man. He refused all creature comforts, braved extreme...
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