photo courtesy cushing memorial library clean house true wake morning realize garden jungle weeds back work week find frightening number emails filling inbox type person thrives busy deadlines moment busy crosses line land overwhelmed paralyzed half hour devote making dent mountain looming time energy speck picture easier picture distract bigger picture kingdom heaven earth feel charged bringing kingdom heaven earth faith transformed ways past years understanding heaven simply long time long earth day-to-day harmony orientation rightness real people creatures fields jesus talking prayed lord's prayer earth heaven earth place overwhelmed word describes feel start contemplating complex deeply-rooted tangle formed societal problems justice issues experience waves compassion tsunamis helplessness small part kingdom coming focus enormous neediness focus drifting directly life confluence circumstances heart finding place time combination inspiration support sort thing happening jason members small group church started friends jesse church started tent community called safe haven alternative housing option growing number homeless people community past week series events spurred action encouraging words attended safe haven open house court hearing invited jesse dinner continue conversation learned safe haven lost zoning appeal past friday july night members community tents night catholic worker house property church yesterday afternoon attended church's council meeting discuss homeless community town centered half mile radius directly church building point human beings housing options variety reasons creative practical solutions building true community world largely left feeling cold afraid time place eyes hearts perfect inspiration opportunity present ways feel significant manageable faith action dead backdrop events coincidence small group chose spend summer studying james incidentally choice made tent community formed feeling james books college days struck bible study cliche point life book encountered book struggles heartaches crash compassion allowing approach poor needy ways allowing understand faith good brothers sisters claims faith deeds faith save suppose brother sister clothes daily food warm physical good faith accompanied action dead james 