Retreat Log

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.


  1. 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.
  1. My Annual Begging Letter: Monday, October 18, 2010
  2. Reformation manifesto: Friday, October 22, 2010
  3. Day One: 95 theses on poverty Saturday, October 23, 2010
  4. Day Two: Sunday, October 24, 2010
  5. Day Three: Monday, October 25, 2010
  6. Day Four: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
  7. Day Five:  Wednesday, October 27, 2010 
  8. Day Six: Raw Emotion: Thursday, October 28, 2010
  9. Day Seven: Just One More Night: Friday, October 29, 2010 
  10. 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. 
  1. Intro: Will Work for Food
  2. Video: Invitation to follow my street retreat
  3. Mission: Why I go on Street Retreat
  4. Day One: August 17, 2009
  5. Day Two: August 18, 2009
  6. Video of Night Two - Megan in the Sky(way)
  7. Day Three: August 19, 2009
  8. Video of Night Three on the Street
  9. Day Four: August 20, 2009
  10. Day Five: August 21, 2009
  11. Sermon/Bible Study - Rocky Goodsoil
  12. Night Six Video - Hard to Think
  13. Sermon - The World Would be a Better Place if Everyone Was Naked!
  14. Sermon - Really, Really, Really, Really, Really
  15. Day Seven: August 23, 2009
  16. Postlude: Thankful 
  • April 2009: Week on the streets in the Tenderloin - with a stay in a Women's Place shelter.
  1. Day One: Clean Feet Head for the Dumpster
  2. Sermon - Trouble Will Bury Me Down
  3. Day Two: Seeking Shelter from the Shelter
  4. Day Three: April 6, 2009
  5. Day Four: April 7, 2009
  6. Day Five: April 8, 2009, Diva of God(dess)
  7. Day Six: April 9, 2009, Be Thou My Feet
  8. Day Seven: To be continued
  9. Day Seven: April 11, 2009
  10. 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.
  1. Intro: Invitation to join me on the streets for a week
  2. Day One: Saturday Oct 18- One Bread, One Body
  3. Day Two: October 19
  4. Day Three: October 20: Justice, Justice
  5. Day Four: October 21: Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
  6. Day Five: Waiting and Hoping
  7. Day Six: No Male Priveledge on the Streets
  8. 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).
  1. Inro: The Homeless, Homeless Pastor
  2. Day One: March 8th, Prepare the Way
  3. Day Two: March 11th, Where Neither Moth nor Rust Consumes
  4. Day Three: March 12th, Fragile Flesh, Fragile Streets
  5. Day Four: March 13th - Food Not Bombs
  6. Day Five: March 14th, Dirt that Cannot be Cleaned
  7. Day Six: March 15th, Simple Pleasures
  8. Day Seven: Friday March 16, 2007 - Fool for God(dess)'s Sake