September 1, 2003 – 3:24 pm
Hospitality, vol. 22, no. 9 (Editor’s note: A version of the following article ran as an Op-Ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 7, 2003. We hope you will join us in Woodruff Park for the Festival of Shelters, September 24-26. Look on pages 4-5 for more articles and photos about the Open Door’s [...]
February 1, 2000 – 9:36 pm
Hospitality vol. 19, no. 2 Jesse caught his foot under the green dumpster and fell before he could zip up his pants. His right hand hit hard the broken vodka bottle and slashed his palm like a slice of rare roast beef for Sunday dinner. The man in blue swung around the corner [...]
September 1, 1997 – 7:01 pm
Hospitality Vol.16, no.9 1 In a few hours many of us from The Door will be heading over to the Butler C.M.E. Church for the funeral of Charlie Young, Sr. He is a former resident and we continued a good and strong relationship after he moved out of the community and into [...]
Hospitality vol. 16, no. 6 A good Friday it was when Gladys fell in the Conasauga River. She was crossing at a point where the cold water rushes and sings among the boulders, and it is deep. I had gone before her and the rhododendron limb held me fine. Was it because she [...]
January 1, 1997 – 5:59 pm
Hospitality Vol. 16, no. 1 “The homeless need help, not housing.” This is the new slogan among many who want to drive the homeless from our city. They do this under the guise of law and order, while keeping their right eye on the “bottom line” which is profit no matter what the social [...]
August 1, 1996 – 10:23 pm
Hospitality vol. 15, no. 8 On Monday, June 17, 1996, forty of us went to City Hall to stage a demonstration. We called on the Mayor and City Council to build permanent public toilets for the citizens of Atlanta. We began with 10 of us sitting on old toilets in front of City Hall. [...]
December 1, 1983 – 8:47 pm
Hospitality vol. 2, no. 3 “Where do you imagine you will encounter Christ this week? And encountering Him, do you suppose you will be able to respond to His needs? I rubbed shoulders with Christ this week and saw a pretty basic need. Our city has no specifically designated public lavatories. Consequently, many of the [...]
