I have been on 9 street retreats since 2002 where I have lived on the streets for a week, primarily in San Francisco's Tenderloin. Below are the blogs from the retreats since 2007.
- Fall 2012: Week on the streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin focusing on the issues of homeless families.
- Day One: The Philosophy of my Street Retreat, Sunday, November 4, 2012
- Winter 2010: Week on the streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin focusing on the issues of the working poor.
- My Annual Begging Letter: Monday, October 18, 2010
- Reformation manifesto: Friday, October 22, 2010
- Day One: 95 theses on poverty Saturday, October 23, 2010
- Day Two: Sunday, October 24, 2010
- Day Three: Monday, October 25, 2010
- Day Four: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
- Day Five: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
- Day Six: Raw Emotion: Thursday, October 28, 2010
- Day Seven: Just One More Night: Friday, October 29, 2010
- Final Thoughts Before Showering: Saturday, October 30, 2010
- Summer 2009: Week on the streets in Minneapolis during thunderstorms and a tornado at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly.
- Intro: Will Work for Food
- Video: Invitation to follow my street retreat
- Mission: Why I go on Street Retreat
- Day One: August 17, 2009
- Day Two: August 18, 2009
- Video of Night Two - Megan in the Sky(way)
- Day Three: August 19, 2009
- Video of Night Three on the Street
- Day Four: August 20, 2009
- Day Five: August 21, 2009
- Sermon/Bible Study - Rocky Goodsoil
- Night Six Video - Hard to Think
- Sermon - The World Would be a Better Place if Everyone Was Naked!
- Sermon - Really, Really, Really, Really, Really
- Day Seven: August 23, 2009
- Postlude: Thankful
- April 2009: Week on the streets in the Tenderloin - with a stay in a Women's Place shelter.
- Day One: Clean Feet Head for the Dumpster
- Sermon - Trouble Will Bury Me Down
- Day Two: Seeking Shelter from the Shelter
- Day Three: April 6, 2009
- Day Four: April 7, 2009
- Day Five: April 8, 2009, Diva of God(dess)
- Day Six: April 9, 2009, Be Thou My Feet
- Day Seven: To be continued
- Day Seven: April 11, 2009
- Postlude: My Street Manifesto
- October 2008: Week on the streets in the Tenderloin as Ryan (FtM) - includes incounters with the HOT team. Highlight: a whole week of waiting in line for a shelter and not recieving it - though I would have if I would have accepted a female bed.
- Intro: Invitation to join me on the streets for a week
- Day One: Saturday Oct 18- One Bread, One Body
- Day Two: October 19
- Day Three: October 20: Justice, Justice
- Day Four: October 21: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
- Day Five: Waiting and Hoping
- Day Six: No Male Priveledge on the Streets
- Day Seven: October 24, 2008 - The Lord Be With You
- February 2007: Week on the streets in the Tenderloin. This retreat I decide to see what it's like to sit in one place (as many of my homeless friends do).
- Inro: The Homeless, Homeless Pastor
- Day One: March 8th, Prepare the Way
- Day Two: March 11th, Where Neither Moth nor Rust Consumes
- Day Three: March 12th, Fragile Flesh, Fragile Streets
- Day Four: March 13th - Food Not Bombs
- Day Five: March 14th, Dirt that Cannot be Cleaned
- Day Six: March 15th, Simple Pleasures
- Day Seven: Friday March 16, 2007 - Fool for God(dess)'s Sake