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Searching for Home in a Chaotic World

Four ways I try to create home for people who have been made invisible, and why the thing we are missing most is each other

Jun 15 • Terence Lester, Ph.D.

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Feb 18, 2025 • Terence Lester, Ph.D.

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75 Hours on Top of an Empty Refrigerator

Ten Days, Cold Temperatures, and Community

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What an Empty Refrigerator Is Teaching Me About Humanity

Nov 7, 2025 • Terence Lester, Ph.D.

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From Streets to Scholarship by Terence Lester

From Streets to Scholarship by Terence Lester

From Streets to Scholarship is a newsletter about dignity, compassion, justice, faith, culture, and what we can do to create change.

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