{"id":7880,"date":"2020-05-05T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2020-04-28T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T14:47:05","slug":"may-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/may-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"May 10, 2020–Many Dwelling Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Fisher, Champaign, IL<\/b><\/p>\n

Warm-up Question<\/b><\/p>\n

Not everyone has a room of their own. Where would you go if you didn\u2019t have a place to live?<\/p>\n

Many Dwelling Places<\/b><\/p>\n

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With many people\u2019s travel plans on hold across the country, the hospitality industry has been left with millions of empty hotel rooms. Many are concerned that the spread of the corona virus poses an inherent danger to the homeless, who stay in cramped shelters. Many immigrants<\/a> who are seeking asylum or citizenship in the United States have been put in detention centers and are also in danger of contracting the corona virus, by simply being placed in close proximity to others who are detained. Large cities are finding creative ways to use these empty hotel rooms to house the homeless or those recovering from corona virus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite protests from locals in the area, a judge in California allowed a 76 room hotel to be converted into a shelter for the homeless. It will temporarily house those without an address and who are more susceptible to contracting the corona virus. Numerous elderly already living in the community raises a question: Whose safety is more important, those who already have a room, or those who still need one?<\/p>\n

In my Father\u2019s house there are many dwelling places.<\/p>\n

Discussion Questions<\/b><\/p>\n