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Manna Hosts 15th Annual Combat Hunger Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Manna Cafe Ministries Hosts 15th Annual Combat Hunger Food Drive to Stock Shelves for Winter Clarksville, Tenn. — October 30, 2025 — Manna Cafe Ministries, the fifth largest food pantry in Middle Tennessee, successfully held its 15th annual...
Manna Café Ministries Named Finalist in 2025 .ORG Impact Awards
CLARKSVILLE, TN – August 19, 2025 – Manna Café Ministries has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 .ORG Impact Awards, hosted by Public Interest Registry (PIR), the nonprofit operator of the .ORG domain. The .ORG Impact Awards celebrate nonprofits and changemakers...
2026 Chick-Fil-A True Inspiration Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that Manna Café Ministries has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards - and we need your help to bring this national honor home to...
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 love....
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...
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Doulos Chronicles
Embracing the Suck: the Sequel
Night 1, Part Two The first night did not disappoint when it came to being cold. The temperature in the tent kept dropping and dropping as I put on more and more layers of clothing—only to feel warmer for a few minutes and then cold again. By the time I finished...
Embrace the Suck
Night 1, 2020 Here I am, sitting in my tent the first night of my 14-day run. Today was about setting up camp and getting ready for next few weeks. The tent’s up, the signs are up, the long johns are on. All is ready. Normally I would say, “All is good,” but it’s very...
Prove It Clarksville, 2020 Edition
I’m voluntarily going homeless again starting Tuesday, Dec. 1 (the coldest day of the winter so far!) and ending on Dec. 14. Follow my journey here or via Manna’s YouTube channel (MannaCafe2010).
Manna Hosts 15th Annual Combat Hunger Event
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Manna Cafe Ministries Hosts 15th Annual Combat Hunger Food Drive to Stock Shelves for Winter Clarksville, Tenn. — October 30, 2025 — Manna Cafe Ministries, the fifth largest food pantry in Middle Tennessee, successfully held its 15th annual...
Combat Hunger Results – 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Manna Cafe Ministries Hosts 15th Annual Combat Hunger Food Drive to Stock Shelves for Winter Clarksville, Tenn. — October 30, 2025 — Manna Cafe Ministries, the fifth largest food pantry in Middle Tennessee, successfully held its 15th annual...
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 love....
Inescapable God
The other day, I was mulling over atheism, and I realized that atheists are actually pretty remarkable. Think about it: The effort it would take to ignore God is astounding. God is inescapable. We’re surrounded by Him—in beauty, art, and music but...
Finally — My Book Is in Print!
The baby has been birthed. On and off for several years, I’ve been working on my book Created for Fearlessness. I sometimes went months without looking at it, while at other times I focused on little else. Twice I spent four or five days at a...
Stop Accepting Fear as Just a Part of Life
Too often, even Christians believe that anxiety and worry are annoying but unavoidable parts of life. “Oh well,” we say, “No one enjoys fear, but it’s to be expected, right?” WRONG. This mindset is a major roadblock to living fearlessly....
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