{"id":265,"date":"2010-04-07T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/04\/meet-angela-she-spends-her-days-in-church-and-her-nights-living-under-a-bridge.html"},"modified":"2010-04-07T22:21:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T22:21:14","slug":"meet-angela-she-spends-her-days-in-church-and-her-nights-living-under-a-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/04\/meet-angela-she-spends-her-days-in-church-and-her-nights-living-under-a-bridge.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Angela: She Spends Her Days In Church and Her Nights Living Under a Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>InvisiblePeople.tv documents the lives and stories of the homeless in America. The following parable from <a href=\"http:\/\/invisiblepeople.tv\/blog\/\">their website<\/a> provides some context for their efforts&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(94, 94, 94); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; \"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; text-align: center; \">On the street I saw a small girl cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal. I became angry and said to God; &#8220;Why did you permit this? Why don&#8217;t you do something about it?&#8221; For a while God said nothing. That night he replied, quite suddenly:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 30px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; text-align: center; \">&#8220;I certainly did something about it. I made you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Meet Angela&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6153193&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6153193&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/6153193\">Angela<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/invisiblepeople\">InvisiblePeople.tv<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InvisiblePeople.tv documents the lives and stories of the homeless in America. 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